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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
Fun read. It didn't quite fall into "couldn't put it down" territory but I really enjoyed it. 4.25 stars.
Divinity 36 is the much-anticipated first book in the Tinkered Starsong series by Gail Carriger. It is in the same universe as Crudrat, but a new story with new characters.
The world building felt natural and compelling, with characters coming from enough different places to be interesting but with enough common ground to follow most of the time. There were points when there were so many characters that it was hard to keep track, but this may have been intentional as it resonated with the main character's experience.
I cared about the characters. Their choices made sense given their backstories and motivations. They are people I look forward to getting to know better in the next book. I am glad that I follow Gail Carriger's Chirrup newsletter so that I knew that this is the first in a series and we won't have to wait forever for the next one.
The world building felt natural and compelling, with characters coming from enough different places to be interesting but with enough common ground to follow most of the time. There were points when there were so many characters that it was hard to keep track, but this may have been intentional as it resonated with the main character's experience.
I cared about the characters. Their choices made sense given their backstories and motivations. They are people I look forward to getting to know better in the next book. I am glad that I follow Gail Carriger's Chirrup newsletter so that I knew that this is the first in a series and we won't have to wait forever for the next one.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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:
Complicated
Loved this book. Once more this author made me want to eat noodles. Really looking forward to the sequal.
Audiobook review: perfection. I love how the different format brings out different nuances of the writing.
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I devoured it in one afternoon and immediately ordered the sequel.
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I devoured it in one afternoon and immediately ordered the sequel.
took me a bit to get into it, but it picked up at around the fifty page mark (though don't expect action and mayhem, this is very much a character-centred story). i might have given it four stars, but the last ninety or so pages made it feel... i don't know, flat. for example:
a) i don't particularly enjoy missit. we meet him only a few times and yet he seems capricious, selfish, self-absorbed, and a whole host of other negative words. yes, he's hurting, but is he worth phex potentially risking his entire found family on (as kagee so rightly points out)? so the more we got of missit, the less i enjoyed the story.
b) the concept of divinity was an interesting bit of worldbuilding, but it felt kind of uncomfortable with phex obviously having some sort of feelings for missit yet clearly unable to see beneath the divinity. (see above, with phex rationalising his little tête-à-têtes with missit because missit needs it and who's he to deny a god?) might just be phex in need of some more character growth, but i hope this and its consequences are explored more in the sequels.
and this very much felt like just the first part of one whole book. i'm glad the sequels apparently focus on the dyesi and whatever the fuck they're planning, because i would have liked some more discussion on that in this one.
to end on a good note: loved the baby pantheon, their interactions, how they got to be a found family despite the odds, the softness. hopefully more of this in the sequels!
a) i don't particularly enjoy missit. we meet him only a few times and yet he seems capricious, selfish, self-absorbed, and a whole host of other negative words. yes, he's hurting, but is he worth phex potentially risking his entire found family on (as kagee so rightly points out)? so the more we got of missit, the less i enjoyed the story.
b) the concept of divinity was an interesting bit of worldbuilding, but it felt kind of uncomfortable with phex obviously having some sort of feelings for missit yet clearly unable to see beneath the divinity. (see above, with phex rationalising his little tête-à-têtes with missit because missit needs it and who's he to deny a god?) might just be phex in need of some more character growth, but i hope this and its consequences are explored more in the sequels.
and this very much felt like just the first part of one whole book. i'm glad the sequels apparently focus on the dyesi and whatever the fuck they're planning, because i would have liked some more discussion on that in this one.
to end on a good note: loved the baby pantheon, their interactions, how they got to be a found family despite the odds, the softness. hopefully more of this in the sequels!
Finished in 1 day. I loved this book, & can't wait to see what happens to Phex & the others next!
Merged review:
Finished in 1 day. I loved this book, & can't wait to see what happens to Phex & the others next!
Merged review:
Finished in 1 day. I loved this book, & can't wait to see what happens to Phex & the others next!
adventurous
lighthearted
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
Completely different from Carriger's other work. I don't know that I have the words to describe why I was so compelled by this story, other than I identified with Phex being a misfit of misfits and the power of finally finding a group of people where your misfit-ness can be appreciated and valued.
The idea of being able to create visuals from song/dance/movement was also an interesting aspect, throw in the competition culture and it was like the good cooperative parts of The Universe's Got Talent/Dancing With the Stars/etc etc with less shitty Simon Cowell aliens.
The idea of being able to create visuals from song/dance/movement was also an interesting aspect, throw in the competition culture and it was like the good cooperative parts of The Universe's Got Talent/Dancing With the Stars/etc etc with less shitty Simon Cowell aliens.