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Little Bird: The Fight for Elder's Hope by Darcy Van Poelgeest, Ian Bertram
1 review
saltylane's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.25
I wasn’t really a fan of this book. The pace was fast and confusing at times. Didn’t care much for the art style either.
The story was hard to follow. I am sure the writer had the intention of creating a big web of mystery that would eventually be unraveled, and things would be linked together. I kind of lost interest in what mystery there would be because I was trying to figure out what the heck was going on in most of the scenes.
The pace was extremely fast, and the way the artwork was drawn didn’t really help. I found myself jumping back a page or two to try to figure out what happened in the scene before that made sense for the following scenes.
Unfortunately I couldn’t really get into it that well. I kind of just wish they had taken at least a little bit of time to just sit with a characters instead of action, action action. I really didn’t get attached any of the characters because most of them just weren’t really likable, and when you start to get used to them and like them a little bit, they die.
I had high hopes because the cover looks cool, but I guess you can’t judge a book by its cover.
The story was hard to follow. I am sure the writer had the intention of creating a big web of mystery that would eventually be unraveled, and things would be linked together. I kind of lost interest in what mystery there would be because I was trying to figure out what the heck was going on in most of the scenes.
The pace was extremely fast, and the way the artwork was drawn didn’t really help. I found myself jumping back a page or two to try to figure out what happened in the scene before that made sense for the following scenes.
Unfortunately I couldn’t really get into it that well. I kind of just wish they had taken at least a little bit of time to just sit with a characters instead of action, action action. I really didn’t get attached any of the characters because most of them just weren’t really likable, and when you start to get used to them and like them a little bit, they die.
I had high hopes because the cover looks cool, but I guess you can’t judge a book by its cover.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Genocide, Body horror, Gore, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Medical trauma, Blood, and War
Moderate: Child abuse and Child death
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