625 reviews for:

Soul of the Deep

Natasha Bowen

3.92 AVERAGE

siskoandburnham's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

vercopaanir's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Overall I loved it!  I think Natasha Bowen makes a great use of foreshadowing and is just a great writer.  I didn’t see the character development that I was hoping for—there is a specific flaw of the main character (in my opinion) that seems to get a lot of attention but that never improves—but there still is character development. 

My biggest gripe, if it can be called that, is that the plot twist is almost the same as it was in Skin of the Sea!  In SotS, one of their traveling companions betrays them.  In SotD, one of their traveling companions betrays them.  The methods are different and the characters are different, but it’s basically the same twist.  I feel like that made SotD a little less exciting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Colonisation

hazelrose13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-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

megzy818's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

azebrareads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kit_cat55's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous inspiring 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

bellaaa_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kayleigh5041's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark 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

indiaswanderings's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging slow-paced

zero_sjl's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No