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The Phoenix King

Aparna Verma

3.72 AVERAGE

dark sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Premise is cool, Indian sci Fi fantasy, but the plot was boring and the ending wasn't satisfying. 

nvmlyn's review

3.0
adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced

emily_s_h's review

4.5
adventurous challenging tense medium-paced
adventurous slow-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
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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 emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

b0nnetsandb00ks's review

3.25
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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taiquli's review

5.0
adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

triboneforce's review

3.75
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
adventurous medium-paced

I found it boring. Repetitive writing style, poor characterization with many stupid decisions made, and a plot that felt unnatural (e.g. events happen because the author wanted them to happen). Several instances of not quite plot holes, but plot inconsistencies. The reveals were fairly predictable. Romance had zero build-up. Biggest issue was with the many, many dumb decisions.