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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
this is so interesting. bit dull on some pages, but interesting
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I would just about devour the 12-episode Netflix adaptation of this. the dramatic beats are perfectly written for film, with viscerally descriptive passages throughout, but the action somehow felt a bit dull on page, nestled between long backstory interludes. the society of assassins and plotters was very vividly rendered but we didn't learn much about the plotters by the end, nor was Mito's part of the story as carefully crafted as Renseng's. works better as a rumination on mortality against an imaginative backdrop than a story with a grander statement to make. I just want Bear to be ok.
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Once this book gets going it's got a pretty brisk pace and I enjoyed most of the scenes of Reseng trying to figure things out. I never really got attached to him emotionally, which made some sections less impactful than they should have been, but the ending came together for me all the same.