Reviews - Ordinary Monsters

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Ordinary Monsters

J.M. Miro

3.74 AVERAGE

emronos's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 8%

Struggled to get into. Curious though, maybe just not the right time and place.

krysinyy's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

meteoricendings's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

I really wanted to love this book, but it wasn’t really what I was looking for. The biggest issue was the number of characters and world building details that were added throughout the book. Following so many characters made the story unfocused, and it was difficult to get too attached to any single storyline. Up until the final chapters, new characters and lore would enter the story, which caused the plot to lose momentum. I think the author is very creative and talented but really needed to reign in the focus for this novel.

lrigdon_uf_author's review against another edition

4.0

What I loved about Miro's Ordinary Monsters was how it kept going back and forth among the different characters, each time peeling back a layer of their past to show you the people they were connected to and how those connections shaped them. At every turn, you’ll think you have a character figured out, and then a new layer gets pulled back for a revelation you may not have been expecting.

This book may be a bit of a long read for the first of the series, but it has so much ground to cover to set up this amazingly dark and wondrous world. I am excited to start the next book.

lewfode's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I enjoyed this book, although it was a little long. I liked the beginning better than the part after they get to the institute in Scotland. That part seemed to drag a little, although I liked the new characters.