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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
The rushed ending let this book down but the premise and its satire work really well
Ink is an amazing beginning to a new trilogy. Packed with information and plot, the book never felt like it dragged. Read this in 2 sittings and I felt like it started my 2023 off well, with a sense of want to continue reading books in this genre, and even the trilogy itself.
You are driven, as a reader, by your interest to find out more and delve deeper into the town of Sainstone and what life truly means and is for.
Is there a deeper meaning? Or have we all been socially conditioned to believe there is ‘one’?
You are driven, as a reader, by your interest to find out more and delve deeper into the town of Sainstone and what life truly means and is for.
Is there a deeper meaning? Or have we all been socially conditioned to believe there is ‘one’?
Het boek is zeker geen dik boek te noemen al had ik het gevoel dat de bladzijdes maar bleven komen.
Ik vind de bedachte wereld een heel leuk idee en was er gelijk door geboeid. Maar alles ging zo langzaam dat als ik het boek weglegde ik hem eigenlijk niet meer wou oppakken. Toch heb ik doorgezet en wel met succes want de laatste paar hoofdstukken is waar ik heel dit boek voor heb gelezen.
Je gaat toch niet menen dat ik het tweede boek moet gaan lezen, maar goed daar denk ik nog even over na.
Ik vind de bedachte wereld een heel leuk idee en was er gelijk door geboeid. Maar alles ging zo langzaam dat als ik het boek weglegde ik hem eigenlijk niet meer wou oppakken. Toch heb ik doorgezet en wel met succes want de laatste paar hoofdstukken is waar ik heel dit boek voor heb gelezen.
Je gaat toch niet menen dat ik het tweede boek moet gaan lezen, maar goed daar denk ik nog even over na.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
Really intriguing premise, kind of flat execution. But I didn’t hate it! I doubt I will read the sequels though.
I'm honestly pretty conflicted about this book. It's an easy, fairly enjoyable read, I finished it pretty quickly and was curious to know what happened. However that's probably about it for my positive feelings on it. Starting with the concept of tattooing your life on your skin for everyone to see - intriguing and a little odd but sort of okay. Then we find out, right at the beginning, that these tattoos and your skin are turned into a skin for your family to keep and read after you die. Creeeeeeeeepy. I couldn't really get past that, but managed to ignore it in favour of the mystery of what everyone is not telling Leora etc. Trouble is there's a fair bit of world building at the start, then the whole something's wrong not sure what and people are lying to her thing, then she slowly learns more but not enough. And then she learns everything people have kept from her and makes a (understandable) rash decision, then learns more and regrets it. Then it ends. What? It didn't feel like a satisfying ending. It didn't leave me wanting more even though there was so much almost unresolved. Also the fact that it's a "fate of the world: revolution/ whatever rests on your shoulders" thing is bad enough but that is barely resolved, we get one fact as to why and nothing as to why that should matter. Leora is a decent main character, but her frustration bled through to me.
I actually had a sampler of this book and thought it was decently done but weird and creepy and I would probably not bother. When it turned up in my book box I thought I'd give it a go, and I'm glad I did in some ways as I learned a bit more about the world and the politics stuff and religious themes made it interesting and less creepy. But it just didn't feel like a whole book. Maybe half of one. I guess it's the first in a set, but I don't think it sits well enough on it's own and I think the creepiness of the first few chapters (eeeeew people skin books) will put people off.
I actually had a sampler of this book and thought it was decently done but weird and creepy and I would probably not bother. When it turned up in my book box I thought I'd give it a go, and I'm glad I did in some ways as I learned a bit more about the world and the politics stuff and religious themes made it interesting and less creepy. But it just didn't feel like a whole book. Maybe half of one. I guess it's the first in a set, but I don't think it sits well enough on it's own and I think the creepiness of the first few chapters (eeeeew people skin books) will put people off.