Reviews tagging 'Blood'

La primera y última nieve by Max Gladstone, Alejandro Romero

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thebuttler's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Like a lot of other reviewers, I struggled with the early part of this book. Honestly, it took me until everything hit the fan for things to click into place and I really began to care about everybody in this story (except Elayne who we have no choice but to stan). As usual the world of the Craft Sequence is top-notch, and everything I learn just heightens the picture for me, but Last First Snow took it's time hooking me. I'm still going to read everything set in this world, but, I can't see Last First Snow hooking first time readers the way I could see Three Parts Dead doing that, despite it being the first book in the sequence. It's just...an oddly framed book, with characters that are difficult to connect with until you do.

The Major made me cry, though. I think The Major was a really brilliant, beautiful demonstration of how gender-nonconforming characters can hold significant space within a story without it being about their gender. The moment was all of two paragraphs long, but they are a brilliant two paragraphs.
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troisha's review against another edition

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

3.5

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