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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
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
Listen, I didn't say it was good, I said I liked it.
The most mixed bag I've ever encountered I think:
Cons:
- A staggering amount of slurs
- Cringe
Pros:
- Cast made up of deranged weirdos
- Incredible narrative momentum
- Conversations that allegedly take place in german but are represented in english on the page and full of idioms that don't exist in german so I could entertain myself by trying to imagine what they actually said
- Cringe ✨
In conclusion, I picked this book up with the goal of becoming as insane as the people I know who already like it and I'm happy to report that I succeeded
The most mixed bag I've ever encountered I think:
Cons:
- A staggering amount of slurs
- Cringe
Pros:
- Cast made up of deranged weirdos
- Incredible narrative momentum
- Conversations that allegedly take place in german but are represented in english on the page and full of idioms that don't exist in german so I could entertain myself by trying to imagine what they actually said
- Cringe ✨
In conclusion, I picked this book up with the goal of becoming as insane as the people I know who already like it and I'm happy to report that I succeeded
I F*****g love this book. I was somehow afraid before reading it, because it was recommended as similar to the Raven Cycle and in the past that ended badly for me, very badly. Fortunately this was not the case.
The first thing I would like to say is that I don’t really care about the invented sport and there is no much about it. It’s only an excuse for the plot to be moving. It’s a surprise for me (me not caring for it) because sports anime and manga are my fave, so one would assume that book about sports would right up my ally, but now.
Plot itself is pretty good and I hooked the first chapter I read. For some reason, before reading, I was thinking it will be about werewolves, are similar creatures, but I was wrong and it’s only about highly dysfunctional college students with a little bit of mafia second generation in the mix trying to play fancy lacrosse.
By the way, kudos for the fictional inventors of the sports for thinking that what lacrosse was missing was violence.
I can’t connect with any characters at this point. I like Neil and Kevin is like an anime character so I’m cool with him. But Nicky and Andrew are not my fave in this. Nicky is one ray of sunshine but also kind of rapey. And Andrew I just don’t like and is weird because I normally like the psychos.
I was a little surprised of how the thing with Seth ended, but I liked how the author handled the reactions for the rest of the characters. I kind of liked Seth, I like assholes.
The rest of them are fine and all of them were competently written. Sometimes is the only thing one can demand.
In general I really enjoyed this book and for the first time in a long time I was thinking about continuing reading while doing other things, working for example, like junkie and just for that it deserves high rating from me.
The first thing I would like to say is that I don’t really care about the invented sport and there is no much about it. It’s only an excuse for the plot to be moving. It’s a surprise for me (me not caring for it) because sports anime and manga are my fave, so one would assume that book about sports would right up my ally, but now.
Plot itself is pretty good and I hooked the first chapter I read. For some reason, before reading, I was thinking it will be about werewolves, are similar creatures, but I was wrong and it’s only about highly dysfunctional college students with a little bit of mafia second generation in the mix trying to play fancy lacrosse.
By the way, kudos for the fictional inventors of the sports for thinking that what lacrosse was missing was violence.
I can’t connect with any characters at this point. I like Neil and Kevin is like an anime character so I’m cool with him. But Nicky and Andrew are not my fave in this. Nicky is one ray of sunshine but also kind of rapey. And Andrew I just don’t like and is weird because I normally like the psychos.
I was a little surprised of how the thing with Seth ended, but I liked how the author handled the reactions for the rest of the characters. I kind of liked Seth, I like assholes.
The rest of them are fine and all of them were competently written. Sometimes is the only thing one can demand.
In general I really enjoyed this book and for the first time in a long time I was thinking about continuing reading while doing other things, working for example, like junkie and just for that it deserves high rating from me.
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
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
i expected to like this book a lot more than i did, tbh.
it’s not like it was bad exactly but a majority of the book felt like filler to me and didn’t really do anything to drive the plot forward, which made it drag at times.
and oh man ... the characters. there were so many and yet i only liked about three of them, two of which we didn’t even get to know that well.
i did really enjoy neil’s story and the last few chapters really had me hooked so i’m definitely going to read the rest of the series. hopefully it doesn’t disappoint me like this one did.
3 stars
it’s not like it was bad exactly but a majority of the book felt like filler to me and didn’t really do anything to drive the plot forward, which made it drag at times.
and oh man ... the characters. there were so many and yet i only liked about three of them, two of which we didn’t even get to know that well.
i did really enjoy neil’s story and the last few chapters really had me hooked so i’m definitely going to read the rest of the series. hopefully it doesn’t disappoint me like this one did.
3 stars
2.5
this is like Haikyuu fanfiction where instead of a wholesome volleyball team they’re a made-up sports team full of problematic characters against the literal yakuza
this is like Haikyuu fanfiction where instead of a wholesome volleyball team they’re a made-up sports team full of problematic characters against the literal yakuza
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i did not know how i would rate this because objectively it’s not the best but i’m also incredibly invested and i loved it. so five stars ig