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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
Oof. I mostly stopped reading because I didn’t care anymore about the characters and what would become of them. It started out interesting enough, but I found halfway through that i didn’t care anymore about the characters or their relationships. This was partly because of the fact that the 53-year-old MC looks 10 years old and is having romantic and sexual relations with adults, which was disturbing on its own but didnt necessarily stop me from reading; it was really the fact that the age thing makes it harder to care about the situation, and the novel just wasn’t able to make me care. If I don’t care, the book has no stakes for me. Also, too much exposition dump that just felt annoying.
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wow. I believe this is my first Octavia Butler book and I am very impressed. The vampire lore was so unique and interesting, especially their own kind of law. I would have loved if this was a series (RIP Octavia).
Though every time I erased the facts that she looked like a 10 year old, they kept reminding me, which would gross me out when the sexual parts would happen.
Though every time I erased the facts that she looked like a 10 year old, they kept reminding me, which would gross me out when the sexual parts would happen.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
The sexual content was uncomfortable to read. However, I feel it was written for good reason.
making the main character have the appearance of a ten year-old was...a choice!
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
enjoyable! I loved the lore of the Ina, but I think I would have preferred a story about an Ina adult, Shori’s youth made me uncomfortable
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
My app crashed after I had written things out more completely. But just know I loved it and it did away with the tropes I usually hate in a vamp book weird catholic guilt and the oopsie I lost control and killed someone
adventurous
dark
medium-paced