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machewson's review
dark
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.5
This book was a horrendously bad follow up. The plot of the first 400 or so pages follows the why say with 10 words what you could say with 10,000 mantra. The book mostly feels like an excercise in smugness by the author. Filled with quotes from classic literature and references to other great works of art more as way to seem smart than as a building of plot or character. Every character is an intolerable asshole until they randomly aren't. Characters are freed for having a pesky arc by just becoming better at the end. The plot is saved from ramping up by just ending. If you enjoyed Hyperion just leave it at that is my recommendation. Hyperion was not free of sexism but this takes it further and adds in new ways to hate like some Islamophobia tacked onto the end just for fun. This review I know is rambling but I cannot describe to you how bad this book is. Please do yourself a favor and don't read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child death, Terminal illness, Violence, War, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual violence
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