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clairesbookspace's review
3.0
I bought this book a few days ago for not a lot of money and as it was very short I thought it would be a quick easy read to help me get out of my current reading slump.
I liked the backdrop of the French Revolution, it really upped the stakes of the story and I also really liked the characters too.
However I wasn’t overly invested in the story so even though it had its merits it was only an average read for me. Not a bad book but perhaps suited better to someone who reads a lot more historical fiction than I do.
I liked the backdrop of the French Revolution, it really upped the stakes of the story and I also really liked the characters too.
However I wasn’t overly invested in the story so even though it had its merits it was only an average read for me. Not a bad book but perhaps suited better to someone who reads a lot more historical fiction than I do.
clairew97's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child death, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War
hylian_narwhal's review
5.0
True rating; 4.75 stars
A perfectly formed small novel, my only criticism would be because it was so well written I could have had more and the smaller novel length does make it very fast paced - could have benefited from some brief pauses.
But this had me cheering because it just goes to show that some novels do not need to be so long. People just aren't hiring, or listening to, the right editors.
A perfectly formed small novel, my only criticism would be because it was so well written I could have had more and the smaller novel length does make it very fast paced - could have benefited from some brief pauses.
But this had me cheering because it just goes to show that some novels do not need to be so long. People just aren't hiring, or listening to, the right editors.
deb_reads_books's review
5.0
Super sequel to Sawbones but it could be read as a stand-alone. We follow Ezra as he goes to Paris to discover what's happened to Loveday and Mahmood. It is the time of the French Revolution and we are not spared any of the horrors of The Terror (might want to warn younger readers). Ezra takes up the offer he had in Sawbones, to visit the Hotel Dieu and see their surgeons in action. He meets one surgeon who Ezra soon realises puts medical discovery above human life and yet Ezra has to rely on him when Loveday gets into serious trouble. It's a fast-paced adventure full of twists and turns and yet challenges the reader to think about what freedom is and what people fight for. Good reading.
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