Reviews - The Floating World

771 reviews for:

The Floating World

Axie Oh

3.86 AVERAGE

baddegg_78's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

natashalg's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I loved the characters, and I thought the story was really unique and interesting. However, some parts felt rushed and I would have liked to see the characters' relationships more in-depth than what was portrayed. They were kind of sudden and had a "take my word for it" vibe.

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orangearcade's review

2.25

adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ghannanoelle's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

missroxyangel's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emptyreadings's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I’m so glad I got around to this one, it had been shelved for a while. Jaeil is a mystery that I so want to know more about. He has a complicated relationship with the politics of his search for his long lost friend while also being basically in love with her since childhood. Sunho’s instant want to protect and defend Ren is a little plot convenient as he doesn’t really wrestle too much with the quandary of sidelining the search for his brother in order to follow Ren. Their destinations do end up lining up but he was pretty quick to be like “oh I like her and she’s pretty and so I will continue to protect her.” It’s not that I don’t like their relationship, I find it nice. It makes sense to me why she likes him– he’s so tortured and really is there for her.

Some plot elements (wandering about after the train car incident) felt drawn out without the pressing feeling of immediacy while the end of the book felt rushed in comparison. The danger of being discovered is something that could have been taken more seriously by all parties involved, it kind of felt like there was a lack of urgency in the looming reality off scouts and assassins coming for Ren. The world building is cool to me and I really was compelled by this mithril demon situation. The visual of blue iridescent blood is pretty awesome. 3.25/5, I need my man Jaeil to really make waves in the second book.

natsmtz's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

her_book_cottage's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

This is totally an adventure quest story and I love those, but I really struggled to read through it. I don’t know if it was the story itself or the pacing but I had such a hard time reading the first 2/3rds. Once we got to some action though it breezed by. I like Axie’s slower pace usually but this one felt just a bit too slow.

akrisreads's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

aria_l's review against another edition

Read sample. Didn't grip me.

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