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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
reflective
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
3.5. This book was equal parts beautiful, weird, engrossing, and confusing. Each section introduced a new character, which I found frustrating at times because it had taken the whole previous section for me to invest in the last character. That said, they all come together in an exciting climax that left me intrigued to read the next book.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
I like it honestly but it's all and I mean all over the place and hard to follow
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
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
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Over hyped. I saw this got nominated for a lot of awards and seemed to have good reviews. I found it over-sold and under-written.
Monsters are real and they live among us. The explanation seems to be a parallel universes mash up with ‘The Secret.’ People make monster real by imagining monsters. Our belief or a least credulity brigs the into existence? He’s a little fuzzy on where monsters really come from. He also implies that monsterism is hereditary, but not strictly so. Some insider scheming on the part of a monster faction reveals them to the world. Unrest and scheming ensue.
A big selling point of the book seems to be its inclusiveness. I get that, but I was expecting a bit more. I am not an asexual trans man married to a woman who is attracted to women, but I found that character in this book unconvincing. I suppose that makes me a bad person for expecting people to conform to some pre-conceived gender norms.
Monsters are an oppressed minority. This seems a little bogus. There are more sheep than wolves, but that does not make wolves an oppressed minority. Most of Turnbll’s monsters are slightly scary, but not directly hazardous to most of the people around them. However, there is enough blood drinking, shape shifting, and mass manipulation that I don’t feel like the monsters are the underdogs.
The ending is weak. I know it’s book #1 in a series, but the ending is still so nebulous and inconclusive that it’s irritating. I have read lots of SF/fantasy series and ending the earlier books can be tricky, but hardly impossible. The characters can reach a turning point in the action, be ready to move in a different direction, have just had a major revelation, lots of things that serve as a good place to stop one book and pick up another.
Monsters are real and they live among us. The explanation seems to be a parallel universes mash up with ‘The Secret.’ People make monster real by imagining monsters. Our belief or a least credulity brigs the into existence? He’s a little fuzzy on where monsters really come from. He also implies that monsterism is hereditary, but not strictly so. Some insider scheming on the part of a monster faction reveals them to the world. Unrest and scheming ensue.
A big selling point of the book seems to be its inclusiveness. I get that, but I was expecting a bit more. I am not an asexual trans man married to a woman who is attracted to women, but I found that character in this book unconvincing. I suppose that makes me a bad person for expecting people to conform to some pre-conceived gender norms.
Monsters are an oppressed minority. This seems a little bogus. There are more sheep than wolves, but that does not make wolves an oppressed minority. Most of Turnbll’s monsters are slightly scary, but not directly hazardous to most of the people around them. However, there is enough blood drinking, shape shifting, and mass manipulation that I don’t feel like the monsters are the underdogs.
The ending is weak. I know it’s book #1 in a series, but the ending is still so nebulous and inconclusive that it’s irritating. I have read lots of SF/fantasy series and ending the earlier books can be tricky, but hardly impossible. The characters can reach a turning point in the action, be ready to move in a different direction, have just had a major revelation, lots of things that serve as a good place to stop one book and pick up another.