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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
funny
mysterious
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
i didn’t really know what to expect from this book but i really enjoyed it! the magic system was really cool and you really felt like you were in an escape room, slowly learning more and more. i liked the building up of the characters relationships and the way that it really captured gideon and harrow together. overall a really fun read!
I have to say I’m kind of close to rating this even lower. I really wanted to like it but it has a lot of problems.
1) please please please explain your worldbuilding. I didn’t understand anything pretty much the whole time. Too much jargon, too confusing, the book is slow as hell so why not start with explaining some stuff? It was so confusing and I didn’t care about anything because I didn’t understand shit
2) pacing is wack. The plot seems to begin around 50-60% which is way too late and then things feel rushed. If the first half was worldbuilding, etc, this might not feel so lopsided. It was weird
3) I would hesitate to really call this a book about space or lesbians. Both concepts are there but dont really stand out. Gideon and Harrowhark definitely have a complicated relationship and are written as sapphic but it’s not… confirmed or really anything more than hinted at which was disappointing. The end would have hit much harder if there had been more of a relationship between them.
1) please please please explain your worldbuilding. I didn’t understand anything pretty much the whole time. Too much jargon, too confusing, the book is slow as hell so why not start with explaining some stuff? It was so confusing and I didn’t care about anything because I didn’t understand shit
2) pacing is wack. The plot seems to begin around 50-60% which is way too late and then things feel rushed. If the first half was worldbuilding, etc, this might not feel so lopsided. It was weird
3) I would hesitate to really call this a book about space or lesbians. Both concepts are there but dont really stand out. Gideon and Harrowhark definitely have a complicated relationship and are written as sapphic but it’s not… confirmed or really anything more than hinted at which was disappointing. The end would have hit much harder if there had been more of a relationship between them.
Sounded like an interesting concept but the pacing was so slow it felt like swimming through quicksand
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
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
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes