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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not a perfect book but a delicious reread.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This book has a lot going on, a bit too much for my personal taste. However, the world-building was strong and the storyline unique, packed with interesting characters.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There are a few common tropes in this book, but done in a much better way than I usuay see. The magic system focused solely on necromancy was interesting also. This book was a lot of fun while still packing an emotional punch or two.
I am excited to continue this series.
I am excited to continue this series.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Real slow burn - stick with it!!
This was very much made for me. Love the characters and world building, and didn't mind things I'd often seen as criticism (the quips? didn't take me out, and I found it much less confusing or Gideon as incurious as I'd seen implied beforehand). And the ending went straight to my Bartimaeus-engraved heart.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Despite this book being hyped as "the lesbian necromancers in space" novel, I expected way more lesbians, romance, and Sci-Fi elements than what this novel actually has. Internet hype aside, this book is still very enjoyable and a great popular representation of sapphism in modern fiction (even giving a sapphic flair to romance tropes usually attributed to straight relationships).
There's also incredibly accurate depictions of human skeletal biology that isn't really seen in most fiction media depicting necromancy or the undead, so big kudos of the author for including those.
There's also incredibly accurate depictions of human skeletal biology that isn't really seen in most fiction media depicting necromancy or the undead, so big kudos of the author for including those.