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kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
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
3.75
3.75 rounded up for GR!
it took me a bit to get into this book, but it’s extremely sweet, and very much gives Sophie Hatter vibes. miuko is funny, relatable, and realistically flawed; there were points where I facepalmed at her choices, and I liked that! I was also reminded of over the garden wall a bit? loved that too
I found that some of the “episodes” in muikos journey felt overlong or even unnecessary; the plot is very neatly made, but some of the threads felt like they didn’t need to be there. I also think that the made-up language was… cool at first, but ultimately became tiring and distracted me from the actual story. i really didn’t like how often the author defined a word in the text itself; most of them were easy to pick up via context clues, or didn’t matter enough to need explanation. i think this author had a lot of fun making this language, and it’s excellent, but it bogged down the writing for me. If the explanations had been saved for an authors note or even a silmarillion-esque set of tales to explain the in-universe etymology, I would’ve loved it! extra sentences in a paragraph just to explain the meaning of one word not so much.
all in all, a fun time!
it took me a bit to get into this book, but it’s extremely sweet, and very much gives Sophie Hatter vibes. miuko is funny, relatable, and realistically flawed; there were points where I facepalmed at her choices, and I liked that! I was also reminded of over the garden wall a bit? loved that too
I found that some of the “episodes” in muikos journey felt overlong or even unnecessary; the plot is very neatly made, but some of the threads felt like they didn’t need to be there. I also think that the made-up language was… cool at first, but ultimately became tiring and distracted me from the actual story. i really didn’t like how often the author defined a word in the text itself; most of them were easy to pick up via context clues, or didn’t matter enough to need explanation. i think this author had a lot of fun making this language, and it’s excellent, but it bogged down the writing for me. If the explanations had been saved for an authors note or even a silmarillion-esque set of tales to explain the in-universe etymology, I would’ve loved it! extra sentences in a paragraph just to explain the meaning of one word not so much.
all in all, a fun time!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War
guessgreenleaf's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-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
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, and Sexual harassment
spookily's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and War
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
herceia's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I got to page 100 and was done with the book. I couldn’t wait for it to be over and it just kept. Getting. Longer. I finished it bc I love We Are Not Free, but goodness this is not the fantasy book I thought would come out of Traci’s brain. The book is funny and combines modern with historic in an “our flag means death” kind of way, but I could not care less about our main character. She was always trying her best and never messed up and was fighting too hard for the world. And there were important themes I could tell that wanted to be a ~moment~ that just didn’t land and ultimately felt crammed in and predictable. The pacing felt too fast, and at some points, waaaaay too slow. It didn’t feel like the storytelling was focused. I can’t even remember half the things they did. A thousand things happened on the thousand step way and not in an entertaining way, but a “why is this important for the plot and why are there so many tertiary characters?” Way. I read a ton of YA fantasy and this was one of the least captivating. If it wasn’t Traci Chee, I would have stopped reading around pg 100. Every page turn brought me one step closer to the end but also brought on more nonsense from our main character and her struggle for self actualisation. If you’re in for a very light world that you don’t have to think about, but at the same time need to think very hard to remember all the characters and why they’re important, but you’re also just having a good time, but also not having a good time bc of all the bs the characters go through, you might enjoy it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Abandonment and Sexual harassment