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racheln23's review
2.0
Oh the agony of finishing this book! The characters remain flat, and the plot is disjointed. The author writes "mysteriously" and as though we are all in his head, but it really leaves improbable puzzles to solve and confusion for the reader. The characters solving all their little puzzles never struck me as genius; it struck me as dull and nonsensical. My biggest grievance with the story occurred at the very beginning, where the author keeps referencing things that happened in San Francisco, as if it were something that occurred in the previous book. Maybe I dozed off when I was flipping pages before, but I could never find a layover in SF even though I went back several times out of annoyed curiosity.
The pace for finding the second of twelve relics was painful, and just thinking about suffering through ten more books (at the pace of one relic per book) made my skin crawl. I felt a duty to finish the book, but I have to remember that life is too short to waste reading a bad book when fabulous stories do abound. Skip this series if you can.
The pace for finding the second of twelve relics was painful, and just thinking about suffering through ten more books (at the pace of one relic per book) made my skin crawl. I felt a duty to finish the book, but I have to remember that life is too short to waste reading a bad book when fabulous stories do abound. Skip this series if you can.
cjmedinger's review
4.0
Read this as the second book in the series, and while that works there is a supplementary series that i think i should have incorporated. I'm going back to read THAT now. Does this sound complicated? Welcome to The Copernicus Legacy!
disnelyse's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-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
4.0
archvine18's review
4.0
What I found disappointing was that there is a "booklet", a 1.5 version, before this second book. Ugh, where would I download it? What a pesky interstitial book. Girl powers in this book are way go. Go Galina, shiver and die!
m3l89's review
2.0
I really lost the plot with this one. I loved the Russia element but felt there was far too much crammed in. Disappointing.
aspygirlsmom_1995's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mboyea's review
4.0
Long but good read. Most of the time it was fast paced but there were times when it was very slow.
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