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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Has a bit of a slow start, with all of the world building necessary for the story. This is a queer sci-fi fantasy duet, focusing on a “forbidden love” aspect of our couple, war, overturning powers, deception, betrayal, and so much more. These topics can get a little heavy and possibly confusing, however, the author does a wonderful job of adding a map and a timeline to the book for easier tracking!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Slavery, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol
This book deal with some heavy topics such as war, colonization, genocide (using this term loosely, will explain), and death
This book contains two races: the Humans and the Automae. The automa were created for the humans, and were treated mostly like pets for the ultra wealthy. The tides changed, there was an uprising, subsequent war, and the Automa winning said war. The scripts flipped for the humans and Automa, and the humans are now treated as “less than”, with forced labor, mass deaths, raids, and the like. With topics like these, other smaller aspects (I.e. blood, injury, etc) are bound to be prevalent too.
Despite the heaviness of the history, the book is very LGBT friendly with no apparent homophobia
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Automae are supposed to be so intelligent, but unfortunately Crier comes across as naive and gullible. For a character that has studied her whole life to take over for her father, she knows nothing about the political climate she's living in and lives her life by going along with whatever they tell her. I agreed with her father's decisions to not include her in politics. As far as the romance goes, I don't know why the MCs like each other since they don't know or trust each other and hardly ever speak 🤷♀️
(2.5/5)
It's not you, it's me (but it was a little bit you too)
It's not you, it's me (but it was a little bit you too)
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
it might be a 3.5 but i can’t really rate this honestly bc i read it all throughout my reading slump (but not the cause of it) so basically it took me months to read something that shouldn’t have taken me months to read
adventurous
emotional
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:
Complicated