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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
I couldn’t get into it. It’s written in an awkward and stilted way that I just didn’t like at all.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I did not enjoy this. At first I was getting a strong sense that this just might not be the type of book that I connect with and, while I still think that's true, I also just don't think it's that great of a book. It's unnecessarily dense, constantly skipping between perspectives and jumping through points in time and, in the midst of all of that density, I found it difficult to latch onto any of the characters in a meaningful way. To me this smacked of a sci-fi/fantasy novel that's so enamored with the big ideas that it wants to tackle that skips all the important story details that actually make a book worth the investment. Because of this, I was pretty checked out during the latter half of the book, so I have sense of what happened, plot-wise, but I lost all ability to care about it or register why it mattered.
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced