Reviews

The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara

rilester's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

bentrevett's review against another edition

3.0

there's three timelines in this book:
- main character's past
- main character in america
- main character's daughter in dystopian future

the first took up the majority of the book, and i did not care for it.
the second was my favourite, but took up the least amount of pages.
the third started strong, then kind of flailed around at the end.

there's a five star novel in here, but i don't think the non-chronological plot helped at all. i would've just cut down the stuff in the past and had it at the start, expanded the time in america, and left the dystopia as is.

but that's just my opinion, man.

samars's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

jrlagace's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

darbyjane1's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ohhotdamnjm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

aszekely's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

emherland's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was intrigued by this story, and loved the writing, but felt like the narrator’s development was slightly underbaked (especially compared to the other characters she tells us about)

howardyou's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

kwough's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25