362 reviews for:

The Immortal King Rao

Vauhini Vara

3.7 AVERAGE

bentrevett's review against another edition

3.0

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there's three timelines in this book:
- main character's past
- main character in america
- main character's daughter in dystopian future

the first took up the majority of the book, and i did not care for it.
the second was my favourite, but took up the least amount of pages.
the third started strong, then kind of flailed around at the end.

there's a five star novel in here, but i don't think the non-chronological plot helped at all. i would've just cut down the stuff in the past and had it at the start, expanded the time in america, and left the dystopia as is.

but that's just my opinion, man.

samars's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jrlagace's review

3.75

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

darbyjane1's review against another edition

4.0

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ohhotdamnjm's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing 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: Yes

aszekely's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

emherland's review

4.0

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was intrigued by this story, and loved the writing, but felt like the narrator’s development was slightly underbaked (especially compared to the other characters she tells us about)

howardyou's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kwough's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

thejhg83's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes