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breezyruizy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
the_wandering_library's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
artemine's review against another edition
refused to give up on it several times because i see and respect the authors vision but by god did it need more editing. too ambitious for a debut but v interesting things, will tune in for book 2 w hopes it's better constructed
eriosyce's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death and Racism
lunarkora's review against another edition
5.0
It was pretty slow paced but once it picked up I couldn’t put it down.
intothevolcano's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.5
I found The Sun and the Void to be a novel with great potential, but which resulted in an unbalanced and, at times, frustrating reading experience. There were aspects of this novel which I initially found charming that sadly started to wear thin over the 500-plus pages and 17 hours of audiobook. There's some rich world-building in places, and the premise and setting held such promise. At first, I quite enjoyed the slow pacing, as I thought it would give us more time to get to know the characters and setting - however, the magic system remains unclarified, and the characters fall somewhat flat. The plot, despite being quite sparse, can be hard to keep track of due to this - who is where, and doing what, often felt convoluted and difficult to parse. The narrative voice is likewise unbalanced - at times, I felt really enveloped and enjoyed the language choices. At others, however, I found the writing style to verge on intolerable. This sadly carried through to the narration of the audiobook - some choices for character's voices were a little on-the-nose. Continuing the unbalanced theme, this reads like YA but is contrastingly quite dark and graphically violent in places in a manner which felt jarring. Although disappointed by this instalment, I'm still tempted to read on in the series - it felt like Romero Lacruz's writing was developing across the course of the novel (a sure sign that a tighter edit could have worked wonders).
Thanks to Twelve Point and Netgalley for the audiobook ARC (the physical copy was my own).
Thanks to Twelve Point and Netgalley for the audiobook ARC (the physical copy was my own).
adrianajavalos's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime and War