Reviews

Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

hinata_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

bootsinhousein's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

npdj99's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

shaaziahmed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

satchreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

cyreph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

well this wasnt what i expected.
stuff i liked: the message of the book.

how you can break free from the predestined future you have and choose to seek your own path.

i also liked the characters; i found them nuanced and interesting.
plot twists were okay. i guessed some of the twists, or at least to certain extents, so i wasn't really surprised at times. But the plot twist at the end got me like ?!/?!/?/!?/!/

stuff i wasn't really into:  i found the worldbuilding tedious (i think im just not really into books like that now compared to my childhood self so thats not really this book's fault)
also i guess i wasn't a huge fan of the writing style of the book? some parts felt tedious and repetitive.

tl,dr: liked characters, interesting message of book. wasn't a fan of the writing style or the worldbuilding aspect.

overall i gave it a 4 star rating because i liked the characters and i'm looking forward to the next book because it left on a cliffhanger :/
no matter how tedious and wordy parts of the book were, i basically stayed up till the morning to finish most of the book so that counts for something i guess.

sroberts2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

3.5

Interesting story, but slow until the twist right near the end

triplebriiii's review against another edition

4.5

Someone said that this was excellent but the story was begging to be let out from the trap of being young adult and i can see that. 

feelsmixtape's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

It took so long to start but boy was it worth it. The way that the plot tied together so nicely at the end was beautiful. I loved this book

carwax's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0