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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I still love Cyra though, she is a strong protagonist.
The cities and planets though were described quite well ogra sounds incredibly beautiful. I would love to visit! The plants that can kill you and how the city is meshed with trees, the glowing water, amazing!
The cliches of the father still being alive though was a bit of a let down as it always happens in fantasy novels.
But a good read!
I liked this one way more than the first in the series! The plot was much more gripping than the first novel. I still loved the characters and I really enjoyed having Cisi and Eijeh as additional narrators -- but I would have loved to hear more from Eijeh. I also still really enjoyed each character's currentgift, and I think I understood them and the current better in this novel.
The only thing I really didn't like that also bothered me in the first novel was the names of some of the characters and places; they confused me and I couldn't keep the characters and planets straight. It didn't help that all of the characters had very unique, foreign names and that some of them were similar, but I guess you find that in a lot of high fantasy novels. Even though I had this problem, it didn't really affect my understanding of the story and it didn't keep me from liking it.
I also thought the audiobook version of this novel was better than the first, but I still enjoyed the print version more than the audio.
If you read the first one and you're on the fence on reading this second book, read it. I think you'll like it.
Side note:
I was mindlessly scrolling Facebook and I came across this picture, and I couldn't help but noticing how similar the phrases for Gryffindor and Slytherin were to the tag line on the top of the cover of this book:
For comparison, here's the book cover:
So basically, Akos is a Gryffindor and Cyra is a Slytherin. That seems eerily accurate to me and this mash-up is making me nerdy happy.
The only thing I really didn't like that also bothered me in the first novel was the names of some of the characters and places; they confused me and I couldn't keep the characters and planets straight. It didn't help that all of the characters had very unique, foreign names and that some of them were similar, but I guess you find that in a lot of high fantasy novels. Even though I had this problem, it didn't really affect my understanding of the story and it didn't keep me from liking it.
I also thought the audiobook version of this novel was better than the first, but I still enjoyed the print version more than the audio.
If you read the first one and you're on the fence on reading this second book, read it. I think you'll like it.
Side note:
I was mindlessly scrolling Facebook and I came across this picture, and I couldn't help but noticing how similar the phrases for Gryffindor and Slytherin were to the tag line on the top of the cover of this book:
For comparison, here's the book cover:
So basically, Akos is a Gryffindor and Cyra is a Slytherin. That seems eerily accurate to me and this mash-up is making me nerdy happy.
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-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:
Yes
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
She almost did it! Almost.....
I didnt like this book as much as charge the mark.
but I found it amusing.
I didnt like this book as much as charge the mark.
but I found it amusing.
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Space was not a finite container, but that didn't mean it was empty. Asteroids, stars, planets, the current stream; space debris, ships, fragmented moons, undiscovered worlds; this was a place of endless possibility and unfathomable freedom. It was not nothing, it was everything.
I had some mixed feelings about the first book, but I entirely loved this one! It was so good!
The inclusion of Eijeh and Cisi's perspectives really added a lot to the story and the world. We got to see so much more through them than just through Akos and Cyra, and it was greatly appreciated. I got my more planets wish and got some awesome visuals along the way (Ogra is my dream aesthetic)
The themes were great in this, and the pacing was also great. Everything was great.
I was hesitant about the Lazmet death retcon, but it was done really well and added a lot to the story. The plot twists were all super effective and the hard-hitting moments were pretty intense.
Let me just say that I hate Isae Benesit and will never like her. The end.
(note to Veronica Roth: PLEASE do not make this a trilogy! Two is fine! An unresolved political drama is perfectly okay to leave hanging. Don't pull an Allegiant on us again!)