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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
I didn't read this book for a long time because I felt like it wouldn't live up to the hype around it, and I was correct! Trying not to hold that against it:
The tone is a little jumbled. It's trying to be funny, but the stakes are too high for me to laugh about it. The enemies-to-lovers transition is unconvincing. It never feels like they hate each other and it never feels like they love each other.
I think also the book suffers from Gideon's passivity? She makes very few decisions throughout the course of the book and is basically entirely uninterested in the mystery of the book until people start dying. This makes sense from her character's perspective, but makes for a lot of boring chapters while action is happening off-screen.
Which is all to say: it's fine. A perfectly serviceable space opera murder mystery with more gore than the genre warrants. I'm just trying to find the quality that everyone else loved so much + coming up empty, so this review is more negative than it otherwise would be.
The tone is a little jumbled. It's trying to be funny, but the stakes are too high for me to laugh about it. The enemies-to-lovers transition is unconvincing. It never feels like they hate each other and it never feels like they love each other.
I think also the book suffers from Gideon's passivity? She makes very few decisions throughout the course of the book and is basically entirely uninterested in the mystery of the book until people start dying. This makes sense from her character's perspective, but makes for a lot of boring chapters while action is happening off-screen.
Which is all to say: it's fine. A perfectly serviceable space opera murder mystery with more gore than the genre warrants. I'm just trying to find the quality that everyone else loved so much + coming up empty, so this review is more negative than it otherwise would be.
I tried to reread this to see if I wanted to read the rest of the series and it's just not my thing.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
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:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
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:
No
I already loved the book and wanted to re-experience it again through audio. The narrator was FANTASTIC! She also really helped with the pronunciation of the weird names.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-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
Fast paced story, but I did get a little lost in the middle with so many characters and houses and stuff. The end ties together well though and I will probably read the next one as I love my lesbians
Of course, I had to read the book about sapphic necromancers in space, and it was well worth it! Gloriously gory and extremely deadly with bits of sarcastic humor. Gideon x Harrowhawk forever~
Stopped at chapter 5. I reallllly want to like this book. I think it’s just the wrong mood for me right now.