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feral_sapphic's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I have pretty mixed feelings about this book; it could have been a lot better, but it could have been a lot worse. The worldbuilding details were confusing but kind of interesting. The plot was strangely paced, but interesting yet again. The characters aren't ones I would die for, but interesting and pretty realistic (I guess including the urges to kiss each other all the time?). I enjoyed the ending the most because it seemed to piece together everything I overlooked at the beginning, although the resolution felt slightly anticlimactic and rushed. At any rate, the cover is gorgeous. :)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Cursing
Minor: Sexual content, Trafficking, and Death of parent
eve_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Overall Thoughts:
⁕ The world-building in this book isn’t ever fully explained. Pearson references the histories and practices of multiple countries but never fleshes them out. Because this book takes place in the same world as her Remnant series, I worry she banks too much on the hope that folks will already have knowledge from that.
⁕ The world-building in this book isn’t ever fully explained. Pearson references the histories and practices of multiple countries but never fleshes them out. Because this book takes place in the same world as her Remnant series, I worry she banks too much on the hope that folks will already have knowledge from that.
⁕ The main characters are very one-dimensional and defined by singular traits.
⁕ This book does a lot of telling and not showing. Sooo many events were described passively by the characters rather than showing the reader how they reacted in the moment.
⁕ The saving quality of this book is its building of anticipation and mystery, especially towards the end.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content
Also contains: scenes of poverty, war
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