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Planet Zero by Lydia Hope

2 reviews

pugluver11's review

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 Overall, this book was pretty good and I don't have any regrets reading it. However, the romance wasn't for me. I prefer my fictional men to be kind and considerate. I wouldn't describe Zoark in that way until maybe the last few pages. It was also hard for me to root for Addie and Zoark because their scenes together were few and far between. What made me keep reading was the captivating world, the dynamics of the tribe, and the friendships Addie made along the way. Hope captured Addie's feelings of loneliness well. I really felt for her being the only one of her species on a strange planet. Her friendships with Melmie and Ohna warmed my heart! I'm a sucker for the found family trope. I found it fascinating to learn about the For tribe's customs. However, the book did drag at a few parts. There was a lot of packing, walking, going to the sands to bathe, and of course, gathering herbs. At times, the descriptions of the tribe's daily routine felt repetitive. I think this book could've been a great deal shorter. I'd recommend this book to someone who likes their MMCs on the gruffer side and doesn't mind a very slow burn. 
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acreatureofbooksandtea's review

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adventurous dark sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

This is was an unrelentingly bleak story full of mostly unlikable characters, almost nothing that could be described as actual romance (plus very limited interactions between the FL and ML during the entirety of the story), and an ending that could barely even qualify as HFN due to how abrupt and open-ended it was.

I really enjoyed this author’s first book, but I honestly regret ever picking this one up.
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