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betharanova's review against another edition
2.0
Bad news first. I did not care about the stakes of the main conflict. I just did not. I would have been perfectly happy for the lot of the MacGuffins to get lost so the main characters could live on a farm in the middle of nowhere. The romance was blunt and graceless. The plot twists and broader contexts were mainly implied or not discussed at all.
Good news: I did care about the main four characters. John dropped off my list about halfway through, and Quin lost that special spark I so loved at the start of the book, so I ended up clinging mainly to Shinobu and Maud. But those two had fantastic character growth, so that was cool.
Basically, the characters were good, but it was difficult to get through the way their stories were or (mainly) were not told.
Good news: I did care about the main four characters. John dropped off my list about halfway through, and Quin lost that special spark I so loved at the start of the book, so I ended up clinging mainly to Shinobu and Maud. But those two had fantastic character growth, so that was cool.
Basically, the characters were good, but it was difficult to get through the way their stories were or (mainly) were not told.
christiana's review against another edition
Yeah, so, this is over (DNF at 50%). Plot is just too complicated and weird for me. I hear it gets better after this point in the book, but life is short, man.
ansl's review against another edition
1.0
Oké, eigenlijk ben ik niet helemaal gefinished... Nadat ik rond pagina 200 bleef steken heb ik nog wat snelgelezen tot p 260, maar toen besloot ik om het niet meer verder te lezen. Het verhaal trok mij niet (misschien later wel?), en ik had gewoon geen zin meer om mijn tijd daarin te steken. (Ik begrijp ook trouwens nog altijd niet waar het precies over gaat, wat Seekers nu eigenlijk precies doen, en dat verwacht je toch wel na 200 pagina's...)
rgag86's review against another edition
3.0
I saw an ad for this book that described it as Game of Thrones for teens, which made me want to read it immediately. However, it is NOTHING like Game of Thrones! I don't even know how to describe it...the first few pages makes it feel old, ancient oaths and all that, but then high tech weaponry and aircars are suddenly thrown in and it's kind of jolting. So it takes place in a futuristic Scotland and Hong Kong. I liked it enough to keep wanting to read to the end, but I didn't find any of the characters all that likeable and the love triangle was so cliche and tiresome. Of course it's a trilogy but I don't know if I'll be picking up #2 or not.
books4susie's review against another edition
3.0
Not that bad but I found I could put it down. That being said, I will probably finish the trilogy.
pineapplesandmilk's review against another edition
1.0
DNF 37%
I was so excited about this book when I first got approved for it on Netgalley, but it was actually quite a disappointment. Most of the time I had no clue what was going on. I see this book as appealing to some and confusing to others. If you are interested in this book and happen to see my review, do not let that discourage you from attempting to read this book. You may find yourself falling in love with it or you might find yourself hating it.
I was so excited about this book when I first got approved for it on Netgalley, but it was actually quite a disappointment. Most of the time I had no clue what was going on. I see this book as appealing to some and confusing to others. If you are interested in this book and happen to see my review, do not let that discourage you from attempting to read this book. You may find yourself falling in love with it or you might find yourself hating it.
ameliaclark's review against another edition
2.0
I would rate this book more of a 2.5! I thought the story was just kinda boring for about half the book. I actually started getting interesting though in the end. I didn't pile the characters much in the beginning, but I learned to like the two main ones. My favorite character was actually Maud the Dread and I thought their story was something o really enjoyed reading.
sofia19_reading's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
meliagelinas's review against another edition
5.0
This book felt like it took forever to end, yet was finished too soon. I also found that it didn't have as much of a forward moving plot like I'm used to other books having, yet it flowed so well that I hardly noticed how much I had learned about this world until I took a minute to think back.
Also, for this type of book, where it is told in multiple different perspectives, I usually find that there is at least one perspective that, whenever it comes, I think, "no not this one..." However for Seeker, I came to love each one and was never disappointed when a new one started.
I anxiously await the next book, and I can't wait to see what will come next!!
Also, for this type of book, where it is told in multiple different perspectives, I usually find that there is at least one perspective that, whenever it comes, I think, "no not this one..." However for Seeker, I came to love each one and was never disappointed when a new one started.
I anxiously await the next book, and I can't wait to see what will come next!!
eyreguide's review against another edition
3.0
This book seemed like a promising exploration of an interesting new fantasy world - with the idea of a mysterious 'seeker' and what that means. But I was sadly disappointed that this novel focused much more on the character drama and a hunt for the power of the seeker, than to really flesh out what everything means. I would have ideally loved this book if it had balanced those two aspects well, but I didn't really get a strong sense of the world, and only kept reading because I did feel interested in what would happen to the characters.
John, Quin and Shinobu make up the main character cast - if that makes you think there would be a love triangle - then you are right. Although there's really not much of a push and pull between the three since Quin sees Shinobu like the cousin he is (although he's a third cousin kinda?) I don't know that part was a bit confusing for me and I didn't like that aspect- I feel like the story could have easily just made Shinobu a close family friend and functioned the same without the rationalizations that he's related, but far enough removed to be okay to date. And John was an intriguingly flawed character at first, but I quickly became very frustrated with his many excuses and rationalizations. The story is also told through each of their POV's, with each chapter one of the character's POV. I'm not really a fan of multiple POV stories, but this book didn't make me dislike it as much as I normally would.
The story moves around a bit in time too - there are flashbacks in the middle, after a major event has occurred, which was an interesting way to tell the story. And a bit frustrating too, since I really wanted to know what happened next after the major event. If the purpose was to build suspense, I think I just felt more annoyed than anything, unfortunately. I was still invested enough in the story to want to know where it was going, and how the main conflict would be resolved. And the glimpse of Hong Kong was interesting to me as well - it was very vividly described, and I found it fascinating to see this darker side to a foreign city. I don't think that was enough to make me love this book though. It felt very lackluster overall, although the idea of the 'seeker' is promising, and I hope that the next book in the series will expound a bit more on that.
(I received this book from the publisher or author for a fair and honest review. I was not compensated for this review.)
John, Quin and Shinobu make up the main character cast - if that makes you think there would be a love triangle - then you are right. Although there's really not much of a push and pull between the three since Quin sees Shinobu like the cousin he is (although he's a third cousin kinda?) I don't know that part was a bit confusing for me and I didn't like that aspect- I feel like the story could have easily just made Shinobu a close family friend and functioned the same without the rationalizations that he's related, but far enough removed to be okay to date. And John was an intriguingly flawed character at first, but I quickly became very frustrated with his many excuses and rationalizations. The story is also told through each of their POV's, with each chapter one of the character's POV. I'm not really a fan of multiple POV stories, but this book didn't make me dislike it as much as I normally would.
The story moves around a bit in time too - there are flashbacks in the middle, after a major event has occurred, which was an interesting way to tell the story. And a bit frustrating too, since I really wanted to know what happened next after the major event. If the purpose was to build suspense, I think I just felt more annoyed than anything, unfortunately. I was still invested enough in the story to want to know where it was going, and how the main conflict would be resolved. And the glimpse of Hong Kong was interesting to me as well - it was very vividly described, and I found it fascinating to see this darker side to a foreign city. I don't think that was enough to make me love this book though. It felt very lackluster overall, although the idea of the 'seeker' is promising, and I hope that the next book in the series will expound a bit more on that.
(I received this book from the publisher or author for a fair and honest review. I was not compensated for this review.)