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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a promising start to a trilogy that presumably will be all about this book's coming-of-age protagonist Dawn/Aurora.
It's told in flashback and has lots of fun inserting its characters into historic events. If 1930s America is your thing you'll love this.
Thematically it's about the political and scientific revolutions of the 1930s. It looks at differences and dualities. There's plenty of nuclear physics and atomic analogies and I'm fairly certain a few chain reactions to come.
It's told in flashback and has lots of fun inserting its characters into historic events. If 1930s America is your thing you'll love this.
Thematically it's about the political and scientific revolutions of the 1930s. It looks at differences and dualities. There's plenty of nuclear physics and atomic analogies and I'm fairly certain a few chain reactions to come.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
funny
slow-paced
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It still stands that I either completely love or completely hate Neal Stephenson books. This was definitely the latter. Wtf did I just read? The main character read like a manic pixie dream girl and there seemed to be no plot really? It barely felt like a Neal Stephenson book except there was an occasional attack of scientific details and sometimes there was a clever sentence or two that was a joy to read.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, War, Classism, Deportation
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced