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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? Yes
4.25
I FINALLY finished this book about eight months after starting it. Switching to audiobook definitely helped.
Armistice was a weaker book than Amberlough, partly because it’s the middle book in a trilogy, partly because the character dynamics are just less compelling, and partly because of what I like to call the white author writing a non-western fantasy setting problem (I don’t think there was actually anything wrong with the way that Donnelly wrote Porachis, but it’s just very clear that she’s going out on a limb with that part of the book and the culture feels less full and detailed than Gedda did in book one).
Anyway, I still very much enjoyed this book overall. Aristide really shines here, as he should. Lillian is interesting and complicated and while I still missed [redacted] horribly, her story added a lot to this book (and arguably drove the whole plot).
Cordelia and her street slang are back in full force here, which is wonderful.
And I LOVED the early film set stuff! This series continues to do things that I don’t usually see in fantasy, and I enjoy it very much.
Armistice was a weaker book than Amberlough, partly because it’s the middle book in a trilogy, partly because the character dynamics are just less compelling, and partly because of what I like to call the white author writing a non-western fantasy setting problem (I don’t think there was actually anything wrong with the way that Donnelly wrote Porachis, but it’s just very clear that she’s going out on a limb with that part of the book and the culture feels less full and detailed than Gedda did in book one).
Anyway, I still very much enjoyed this book overall. Aristide really shines here, as he should. Lillian is interesting and complicated and while I still missed [redacted] horribly, her story added a lot to this book (and arguably drove the whole plot).
Cordelia and her street slang are back in full force here, which is wonderful.
And I LOVED the early film set stuff! This series continues to do things that I don’t usually see in fantasy, and I enjoy it very much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Xenophobia and Gun violence
Minor: Death
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