Reviews

Meru by S.B. Divya

cath_t's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

freeleo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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

4.25

rusty_greer's review against another edition

4.0

Imaginative world (or rather, future) with an interesting vision of the future of conservation and genetic engineering. Primarily, though, a love story set in a fantastic environment. I loved that fantastic background but found the love story unengaging. Worth the read, would recommend to friends and will read more from this author, hoping to see the immense promise this book showed fulfilled.

timbo001's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

dreambornnicole's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I feel like if this book had been a movie or a tv series, my rating would have been much higher. The author goes immediately into the story expecting the reader to understand exactly what is happening. There is some description but the book is so wordy that it can be hard to follow. The plot also seemed like it took forever to take off. Then once it did it would slow down again with wordy filler chapters. And those filler chapters were just a lot of whining from the characters.

Like Kaliyu’s hatred for humans and Vaha’s constant dwelling on zir maker’s expectationsI

genuinely almost didn’t finish. The last quarter of the book really saved it for me. Once loose ends started to wrap up,

basically as soon as Jaya was able to get back to the Primary to try and save the project

, the plot started to pick back up again and wrapped up in a nice little bow. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

molly_reads_more's review against another edition

5.0

pleasant read

The author takes a theme of humans vs their creations and weaves a world in which there is some friction but not dystopia.

I found myself challenged to re-examine some of my own worldviews.

hannesasklund's review against another edition

adventurous reflective fast-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

4.25

eclecticeducator's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

maddxtina's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

4.25

rhrie38's review against another edition

Just felt ehh