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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
Wonderfully odd - delightful world building and some remarkable characters though moments in the plot are a bit slow and some important questions remain unanswered.
read 100 pages in 5 days which tells me I'm really not vibing with it. I just found the pacing weird and some of the prose really off and didn't make any sense, which was starting to annoy me. I know a few people with brilliant taste who love this book so there is definitely an audience for it, it just wasn't for me!
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
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
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
Interesting premise and prose that drew me in right away! The style was my favorite thing about this book, though I did feel like it started out strong and got progressively weaker.
I found the cast to be largely unlikeable, though, and felt like the climax was uninteresting and out of place. It's also packed to the gills with period anti-asian racism which the MC skirts around but is heartily professed by nearly every other character, as well as lots of anti-irish sentiments.
It has some panache out of the gate but was ultimately not to my taste.
I found the cast to be largely unlikeable, though, and felt like the climax was uninteresting and out of place. It's also packed to the gills with period anti-asian racism which the MC skirts around but is heartily professed by nearly every other character, as well as lots of anti-irish sentiments.
It has some panache out of the gate but was ultimately not to my taste.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny
Minor: Racial slurs, Islamophobia
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
slow-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