Reviews - The Mimicking of Known Successes

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The Mimicking of Known Successes

Malka Older

3.64 AVERAGE

pattydsf's review against another edition

3.0

Lots of fun.

koldy21's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

burnscommalucas's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

champagnerain's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

northeastofwinter's review

2.75

lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rebeccabadger's review

4.0

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

stefhyena's review

4.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It took me a while to get into this because of the tone which some other reviewers have described with words like "pompous". I initially thought it was bad writing, especially considering how often there was the sudden jarring of a word used wrongly.

I'm against the unnecessary use of long words and I think if you are going to use them you should at least Google what they mean, but in this case I ended up deciding that maybe it was Pleiti talking that way. As I got to know Pleiti I started enjoying the book. She was more of a stereotype than a real academic but still.

So then it was quite a lot of the things I like to read about- a mystery, with lesbian protagonists, a slow burn romance, academic setting, space/dystopian/environmental themes. I haven't decided yet whether I found the ending satisfactory or not but the book is genuinely original, the world building careful and now that I have got to know the characters they stopped annoying me so much (like real people I guess).

I don't know whether them being a relationship instead of "the yearn" will bore me...but Mossa will no doubt still be the mixof annoying and sweet and....in any case the next book in the series is worth me giving it a chance, especially when I start to crave mysteries.