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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
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
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
FINALLY, A STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER DONE RIGHT!
Channari, though brash and brazen, has a reason for that. She’s mistrustful because she’s traumatized. She’s snappy because she grew up having no one to defend her but herself. She’s strong because she has to be. But she’s not heartless. She loves her sister, the snakes, and children; she enjoys cooking, telling stories, and singing. She is a person outside of her trauma. So many authors get this so wrong. They give their characters so much of said trauma that they forget to give them a personality— E. Lim skillfully avoided this mistake, and I commend her for that. Honestly, I was so relieving to read a book where I actually liked the female lead.
Elizabeth Lim surprised me with this book— I didn’t think I’d end up liking it more than the Six Crimson Cranes duology, but here I am!
Channari, though brash and brazen, has a reason for that. She’s mistrustful because she’s traumatized. She’s snappy because she grew up having no one to defend her but herself. She’s strong because she has to be. But she’s not heartless. She loves her sister, the snakes, and children; she enjoys cooking, telling stories, and singing. She is a person outside of her trauma. So many authors get this so wrong. They give their characters so much of said trauma that they forget to give them a personality— E. Lim skillfully avoided this mistake, and I commend her for that. Honestly, I was so relieving to read a book where I actually liked the female lead.
Elizabeth Lim surprised me with this book— I didn’t think I’d end up liking it more than the Six Crimson Cranes duology, but here I am!
adventurous
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:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
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
This book was absolutely phenomenal. I literally have nothing bad to say about it — other than the fact that now I want to reread Six Crimson Cranes instead of reading more from my physical TBR.
I liked this book, and the characters, but I wanted more.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this was an easy to read book with a beautiful story of sisterhood and sacrifice