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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
If you like Harry Potter or Hunger Games, this book is for you. Intense challenges and 6 students work to save the afterlife.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-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
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I’m honestly really disappointed with this ngl. I had seen tons of promotional content for it, and it was picked up by a big book box, so I bad hope that it would be good. Unfortunately, this just fell very flat for me. I can totally see people enjoying it, but I found the world and the characters to be underwhelming.
The world building was just nonexistent. So many things were just brushed over with no further explanation or exploration. There’s a student that asks a question in class and the response is “we don’t know,” and I feel like perfectly summarizes how everything else in this story went. It was ambitious to include six povs as well. It didn’t work for me, sadly. None of the characters felt unique or fully fleshed out. They’re also all supposed to be old—like some of them are centuries old—but they act so agonizingly young. Perpetually trapped as 18 year olds. They were very trope heavy, and the relationships between them went from zero to one hundred way too fast. I just couldn’t find it in myself to care for them, especially when the chapters were so short. I got whiplash from going back and forth over and over again.
The villains once again felt so flat. Copy and paste from Disney movies almost. Predictable and underwhelming. Also the monologue? The whole “ah yes you caught me! Let me explain everything” stuff made me want to facepalm.
Overall just a bleh read for me.
The world building was just nonexistent. So many things were just brushed over with no further explanation or exploration. There’s a student that asks a question in class and the response is “we don’t know,” and I feel like perfectly summarizes how everything else in this story went. It was ambitious to include six povs as well. It didn’t work for me, sadly. None of the characters felt unique or fully fleshed out. They’re also all supposed to be old—like some of them are centuries old—but they act so agonizingly young. Perpetually trapped as 18 year olds. They were very trope heavy, and the relationships between them went from zero to one hundred way too fast. I just couldn’t find it in myself to care for them, especially when the chapters were so short. I got whiplash from going back and forth over and over again.
The villains once again felt so flat. Copy and paste from Disney movies almost. Predictable and underwhelming. Also the monologue? The whole “ah yes you caught me! Let me explain everything” stuff made me want to facepalm.
Overall just a bleh read for me.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A cute YA novel for sure. But, it tries to do too much in too little time without proper infrastructure. By trying to include so many character POV’s, it does a lot more “telling” than “showing,” and struggles to generate any actual substance. Plot driven rather than character growth driven, but there’s not a ton of plot. Interested to see where book 2 goes—maybe this light introduction will pay off!
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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
Started strong then the middle dragged on for way too long, and by the end I was skimming. Interesting concept, but the execution let it down, and I won't be continuing the series.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes