Reviews - We Unleash the Merciless Storm

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We Unleash the Merciless Storm

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3.79 AVERAGE

raesengele's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

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smarty007's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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: No

misterintensity's review against another edition

2.0

After returning to La Voz from her mission to infiltrate the Garcia household, Carmen expected a hero’s welcome. Instead she comes back to an organization where things don’t feel quite right. The sequel to We Set the Dark on Fire is from Carmen’s perspective. Carmen returns to La Voz after her mission. Readers learn more about the organization. Like the previous book there’s a tendency of telling the reader what’s happening, instead of showing them. Thus, readers get pages of Carmen telling us her observations and feelings, yet it is not reflected by the actions being described until it becomes necessary to move the plot forward. Also, the hierarchy of La Voz seems to consist of El Buitre, who is at least middle aged, as head, then a bunch of 21-17 year olds below him. Carmen is apparently a “living legend” within the organization, despite being on assignment for the last five years. Although Carmen tells us everything she sees and feels, the writing meanders and it takes a while until some familiar characters reappear. Although a little slow, fans of The Wraith and the Dawn and The Never Tilting World would enjoy this series.

mdelao630's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

elkzhra's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

(I'm @ campus rn lol). but holy shit. Arguably my one gripe is starting right after finishing its predecessor, I feel both Carmen and Dani had the same voice. But as the story progresses, we understand how they have differences even tho they both have strong personalities. I got attached to more characters as this story explores relationships further, compared to wstdof which unravelled the world. I'm proud that I saw the reveal coming and constantly reminded myself how humanity should be the core of a revolution instead of the leaders turning into tyrants. Just in awe of how the lovers are possessive of each other and loathe Mateo. I loved reading the war scene and trying to imagine the actions in my head. For a duology, the world-building is fantastic, and I appreciate massive-brained authors... instilling the world of Medio (specifically school) in Dani's pov and La Voz in Carmen's. I'm referring to the fairytale folk-like intro and the handbook rules quotes at the start of each chapter.

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