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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i was able to follow along with the story with the two books that came after the first in the series. while those were a little off topic, i understood why there was additional context and i was amazed by it. however, i was only able to tolerate the back tracking for so long before it felt as if the author was trying to write more just to write more. it wasn’t my cup of tea, and i may come back to it again but i doubt it.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was a very odd, fever dream of a book, which is exactly what it needed to be. The book was broken up into three sections with vastly different POVs/narrative styles for each. The voice of the final third was by far my favorite--VanderMeer wrote his pants off to do it so well--but it was very abrasive, so while I loved it, I could see others being turned off by it.
The main reason I took a star off from this was because it didn't really feel like it built up to a payoff. I enjoyed reading about everything that was happening, and it was very interesting to discover strange things happening before Area X was formed, but while I knew we weren't going to get a logical explanation for everything, I still thought there would be a bit more to pull it all together in the end. Part of me feels like it would benefit from a second reading, like a missed something, but I think it's just a non-traditional plot structure for a non-traditional book.
The main reason I took a star off from this was because it didn't really feel like it built up to a payoff. I enjoyed reading about everything that was happening, and it was very interesting to discover strange things happening before Area X was formed, but while I knew we weren't going to get a logical explanation for everything, I still thought there would be a bit more to pull it all together in the end. Part of me feels like it would benefit from a second reading, like a missed something, but I think it's just a non-traditional plot structure for a non-traditional book.
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious