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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
I feel really bad about the 2 stars. This book is beautifully written and interesting to get lost in how it flows, whether reading or listening to an audiobook. I love the overall concept, and the main characters were relatively easy to root for.
Unfortunately that's the only thing keeping it from being 1 star.
I did not know what the hell was going on 90% of the book, and never knew what was going on WHILE it was going on. I have a vague idea of the plot and the conflicts and the resolution, but that's it.
There's also too many characters for me to be able to keep track of, especially when the animals randomly become an actual character where we get a chapter or so from their perspective - it's confusing and I'd have preferred not to have it. I could vaguely keep track of all the characters but once the animals got named I got lost, people would be named doing things and I'd have absolutely 0 idea who tf they were.
The worldbuilding and explanation of concepts in this book are kind of weak as well. After having read it, I feel like I almost understand just as much of the magic system and shadowland and etc. that I did on the very first page where they just dump you into it.
Also. Is the bee thing ever explained or is it just there? Granted I had to mostly audiobook this book bc I couldn't get into it, and if I had to read and not understand a single word on the page, I'd have never finished this book.
Unfortunately that's the only thing keeping it from being 1 star.
I did not know what the hell was going on 90% of the book, and never knew what was going on WHILE it was going on. I have a vague idea of the plot and the conflicts and the resolution, but that's it.
There's also too many characters for me to be able to keep track of, especially when the animals randomly become an actual character where we get a chapter or so from their perspective - it's confusing and I'd have preferred not to have it. I could vaguely keep track of all the characters but once the animals got named I got lost, people would be named doing things and I'd have absolutely 0 idea who tf they were.
The worldbuilding and explanation of concepts in this book are kind of weak as well. After having read it, I feel like I almost understand just as much of the magic system and shadowland and etc. that I did on the very first page where they just dump you into it.
Also. Is the bee thing ever explained or is it just there? Granted I had to mostly audiobook this book bc I couldn't get into it, and if I had to read and not understand a single word on the page, I'd have never finished this book.
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
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:
Yes
adventurous
slow-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
27 pages in and I’ve met 3 primary characters, all separated, plus their entourages yet I haven’t been given a single reason to care about any of them. I don’t mind a large cast, but I need to love or hate one character before I move onto the next one to root for or against.
Really failed to keep my interest and I’m usually pretty good at following a storyline. This was very disjointed and full of bizarre sidelines.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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:
Complicated
I ended up not even finishing this book, I just couldn’t connect with the characters and the pacing was all WAYYY off. That combined with the lack of interest I had in the characters made it impossible to get through
