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skienight's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Craft - the art of fucking gorgeous and does a great job of capturing the characters as well as the world. The writing is very solid as well.
Characters - the rodents are fun. While a number of the characters fall into certain archetypes seeing those archetypes as cute little animals (or big scary ones) is pretty fun and interesting.
Conflict - the plot itself is standard but is underlaid by the fact that you are seeing this through the eyes of small animals who don’t have an understanding for what has happened we and what humans have done, which adds dramatic irony and tension which work well throughout the story
Context - because if the dramatic irony the rules of the world become very interesting. I think my favorite part was the Possum’s story and the explanation of disaster from an animal’s eye, which really highlighted the spiritual aspect of this society which I found fascinating
Characters - the rodents are fun. While a number of the characters fall into certain archetypes seeing those archetypes as cute little animals (or big scary ones) is pretty fun and interesting.
Conflict - the plot itself is standard but is underlaid by the fact that you are seeing this through the eyes of small animals who don’t have an understanding for what has happened we and what humans have done, which adds dramatic irony and tension which work well throughout the story
Context - because if the dramatic irony the rules of the world become very interesting. I think my favorite part was the Possum’s story and the explanation of disaster from an animal’s eye, which really highlighted the spiritual aspect of this society which I found fascinating
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Animal death
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Pandemic/Epidemic
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