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jackdoud's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
hidekisohma's review
3.0
I came across this book in a clearance section in a half price books. I thought the art style/author looked familiar, and i realized that it was the first book in the series that i had read the third one a little over a year ago. So, i decided to give it a shot.
the result? A resounding......meh.
This book is a standard PI "Has to take a job because he has no money but quickly gets in over his head" story.
The only real difference with this book to other ones in the genre is the hook. The fact that the world this takes place on an earth in the distant-ish future (a few hundred years) where humans created animal/human hybrids to fight in a war and now it's after the war and the animal people have to adjust to life after the war.
It's an interesting world building idea and honestly, i wish the book had been more about THAT rather than it being just the world and us focusing on a murder mystery.
The main character, Nahar was fine. He's your stereotypical actiony stoicy dude. only difference this time is that he's a TIGER dude rather than a wizard or something.
The other characters in the story were fine if nothing special. The only real character i liked was the rabbit girl angel, and she's the one who got her own spinoff book that i read already. So there's that.
As per usual in these kinds of books there was a bunch of death and violence, which is fine, but if the main character either went to the hospital or saw a doctor ONE MORE time in this book, we were going to have words. (i swear he went to get patched up at LEAST five times in this book).
There were portions my brain kind of skimmed over involving building descriptions and the like, and this book made me feel tired more than once.
It was definitely a "how many more pages do i have left?" kind of book, and that's never a good sign.
All in all, the book was serviceable, and it was interesting enough that i wanted to finish it, but i won't be RUSHING out to read this next one, although i probably will end up reading it eventually because i also found it in the clearance section for ~$2 (shocker i know) and bought it at the same time
A very 'meh' 2.5/5 rounded up to a 3.
the result? A resounding......meh.
This book is a standard PI "Has to take a job because he has no money but quickly gets in over his head" story.
The only real difference with this book to other ones in the genre is the hook. The fact that the world this takes place on an earth in the distant-ish future (a few hundred years) where humans created animal/human hybrids to fight in a war and now it's after the war and the animal people have to adjust to life after the war.
It's an interesting world building idea and honestly, i wish the book had been more about THAT rather than it being just the world and us focusing on a murder mystery.
The main character, Nahar was fine. He's your stereotypical actiony stoicy dude. only difference this time is that he's a TIGER dude rather than a wizard or something.
The other characters in the story were fine if nothing special. The only real character i liked was the rabbit girl angel, and she's the one who got her own spinoff book that i read already. So there's that.
As per usual in these kinds of books there was a bunch of death and violence, which is fine, but if the main character either went to the hospital or saw a doctor ONE MORE time in this book, we were going to have words. (i swear he went to get patched up at LEAST five times in this book).
There were portions my brain kind of skimmed over involving building descriptions and the like, and this book made me feel tired more than once.
It was definitely a "how many more pages do i have left?" kind of book, and that's never a good sign.
All in all, the book was serviceable, and it was interesting enough that i wanted to finish it, but i won't be RUSHING out to read this next one, although i probably will end up reading it eventually because i also found it in the clearance section for ~$2 (shocker i know) and bought it at the same time
A very 'meh' 2.5/5 rounded up to a 3.
sensitivemuse's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
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