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The Song Rising

Samantha Shannon

4.2 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional hopeful slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

not going to lie i am so grateful that this book wasn’t 500 pages, and i liked the pacing, i thought it was so much more digestible than the other two. I LOVED this book though, im so glad that this book moved out of london and we got to see other locations and cities, especially learning about the different ways syndicates react and treat each other and how they’re ruled. this book was gripping, tense and intriguing, there are more and more layers to uncover for this world and none of it seems like it was just pushed onto you by the author (except one bit
a spy network kinda got to me, it feels a bit more far fetched/ cliche in a way
) . everything feels so well thought out and it feels like a real world you can step into. 
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’m really loving this series, can’t wait to start the next book. I thought this installment was very action packed and compelling, I wish it was a bit more fleshed out.
The destruction of Senshield was basically the entire point of the book but they
 actual destruction happened so fast. I wish that was explained more. Also what word did the poltergeist cut into Paige’s hand?!?? I assume we’ll find out in the next book but come on!
I enjoyed the continued character development and world building. It was very cool to get out of London and to see other parts of Scion. 

3,5 ⭐️

J’ai trouvé la première moitié vraiment lente mais j’étais trop contente de retrouver l’univers et les personnages alors ça ne m’a pas trop dérangé non plus !

La deuxième moitié est bien plus intéressante, on a enfin quelques réponses à nos questions (même si j’en ai encore), et j’ai adoré la fin, hâte de voir ce qui va se passer dans le prochain tome ! J’aime tellement Paige et le Gouverneur, j’ai aussi hâte de voir comment leur relation va évoluer.
adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark medium-paced

3,5/5⭐️

J'ai eu du mal en commençant cette lecture, je me souvenais plus vraiment du tome précédent et du coup je me suis sentie perdue au début. Surtout que le livre démarre sur les chapeaux de roues. On sent toute fois que l'on est dans un tome de transition, il y a quelques passages que j'ai trouvé un peu lent. Sinon j'aime toujours autant l'univers, les complots, les magouilles, les personnages, et tout l'univers que l'autrice a créé. Cela m'avait même manqué ! J'ai hâte de savoir ce que vous devenir nos personnages préférés car l'autrice n'épargne pas du tout son lectorat à ce niveau là.