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fragrant_stars's review
challenging
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It wasn't a bad book, it just didn't really catch my attention. Then again I'm not much of a sci-fi fan, I was just reading this for book club. I found the characters hard to keep track of, and I just couldn't get invested in the characters' goal.
Also Ning'er keeps talking about how revealing the Red Yaksha's true identify would be a ""betrayal"" but I hardly see it that way since the guy literally asked her to do it? I just couldn't really get past that so it kind of became a grumpy sigh / eyeroll moment for me every time that came up./spoiler>
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use and Confinement
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Police brutality, and Violence
Minor: Abandonment, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Medical content, Torture, Murder, and Alcohol
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