Reviews

Steelstriker by Marie Lu

om_sammy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book is fucking heartbreaking. Marie Lu does a great job bringing Talin's thoughts and feelings to life and really get the reader to reflect on the emotional damage that comes with war. I felt at times the book was slow, but it was enjoyable getting to read from Red's perspective as well as Talin's. Overall, well-written and a good finish to a great duology. Be warned: you're in for some emotional damage yourself after reading this.

jewelj's review against another edition

3.0

3.25 stars

This was okay, but it felt a little too long. I found myself skimming the last quarter. Kind of a bummer considering how much I enjoyed the first book.

izzys_internet_bookshelf's review

4.0

4.5/5

This doualogy was amazing. I loved the world as well as the characters. Talin and Red were amazing, I just wish they had more time together so we could see more of their relationship. The villain in the book was there. He didn’t seem intermediating to me, i guess that is because he was always “hiding” behind his Skyhunter. I feel like the story was rather rushed in some way towards the end . I cannot wait to see what Marie Lu publishes next.

anjushere's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 rounded to 4!

kimal2028's review against another edition

5.0

This book was the best because I loved how Red defended and always tried to find Talin. Even after she left he was still looking through their bond and trying to keep them together. I loved when they found each other and it was so satisfying.

bluebook08's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

fishky's review against another edition

2.0

A little...empty.

alexandergrantwriter's review

5.0

~ Fantastic read! ~

Wowww. What an amazing end to an amazing duology!
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Marie Lu is one of my all time favorite authors and I auto-buy anything she writes! Steelstriker just really reinforced why! It was a great end to the series and have so much depth and meaning to the characters and world!
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The plot was definitely more slow paced for this duology and especially Steelstriker, but I actually really loved it that way! Most of Marie’s other books are really fast paced so I really appreciated the chance to slow down and read some excellent descriptions and character development.
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The characters were wonderful as always and I was very satisfied with how everyone’s character arcs ended.
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Now let’s talk about the endingggg!!! I don’t want to give spoilers, so all I’ll say is this ending was sooo good! It gave me such warm feelings and was a needed one for the overall tone of the duology!
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Wonderful job as always, Marie, and I can’t wait to buy and read whatever the next one is!
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CWs - fantasy violence, infrequent language
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haley_j_casey's review

dark hopeful reflective slow-paced

3.0

I thought this book was beautiful at its core, I just found myself wanting more from it. More buildup, more action, more character development, more nuance. It's so difficult to fit a meaningful rebellion over tyranny into a duology, and I don't think it was totally managed here.

littlewhiterabbitreads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75