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adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I had high hopes for this since it was highly recommended to me and has such high ratings on Goodreads but I was a bit disappointed. I understand that since this is a historical novel that the racism is meant to be included as an accurate reflection of the time, and while I feel that the racism towards the Black characters and the indigenous people in the book wasn't condoned necessarily, I was put off by how often racial slurs were used and that put a bad taste in my mouth about the rest of the book.
The pacing was kind of odd. Despite the high stakes, the characters seem to be taking their sweet time and keep getting sidetracked, and a good portion of the conflict is the main character getting frustrated with his companions not being in enough of a hurry and I agreed, and there was a lot of time spent on musings about love and religion. There was also a lot of gross-out humor, which is not really my favorite, but all that said there were some genuinely funny parts and some tense moments but this was just not really for me.
The pacing was kind of odd. Despite the high stakes, the characters seem to be taking their sweet time and keep getting sidetracked, and a good portion of the conflict is the main character getting frustrated with his companions not being in enough of a hurry and I agreed, and there was a lot of time spent on musings about love and religion. There was also a lot of gross-out humor, which is not really my favorite, but all that said there were some genuinely funny parts and some tense moments but this was just not really for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Child death, and Animal death
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