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4.43 AVERAGE
4.43 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
I love these characters. That is all.
If I could give this six stars I would. The story of Gen winning the kingship of Attolia is made even more engrossing by it's being told primarily from the point of view of someone who dislikes him intensely. I cheered out loud at the end. Spectacular.
challenging
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
i read this entire book in one day bc i just got too engrossed in what our poor little meow meow eugenides was up to
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I know that they’re trying to do a creative arc with the king, however, I have not been able to enjoy the secrecy as a reader. I find it to be frustrating and find him to be annoying for pretty much every book. I don’t think I’ll continue the series as it has taken too long to get going
...oof, I'm going to cause quite a stir with this review.....
My evil queen is best evil queen because she's the most evil, and also the hottest!
No, my evil queen is the best evil queen because she's the most evil and also she's the hottest!
No my evil queen is best evil queen because she's the most evil, and also the hottest, and also cut my hand off. But it's ok, because I'm in love with her, because my evil queen is hottest evil queen
...so I think that more or less well-establishes that...like...why is this one of the most hyped-up books and series I routinely encounter now? It's almost as bad as Bardugo-verse, which is almost such a perfect-copy paste of Attolia anyway that I can copy-paste this very review into Six of Crows and it still fits (close enough).
But after reading this book twice, including the audiobook...well for starters the audiobook confirms why so much of the first reading experience honestly goes over my head. Because it's so boooooorrrrrring. Nothing of note really happens, other than the bolded summary that opens up this review.
And then we get to the "meat" of Attolia, or at least what passes for it. I mean...I don't know what else I can say or how else to even phrase it. Eugenidies hard-core simps for Irene. End of story. There, I said it. This is a ridiculously toxic relationship. Eugenidies lets Irene get away with almost literally anything - including actually literally chopping his hand off. And he's fine with it. Because he wants to do Irene. Because she's hot. I mean, yeah, that's a rather crass way to put it, but...I mean, again, that's an accurate phrasing and imagery.
And then we come to the real problematic issue in which...why is it that women write women characters in the most problematic way to begin with? Bardugo has issues, it's true, deal with it; Susanne Collins seems to think at times the best way to prop up a woman protagonist is on top of a high all-women body count (almost exclusively teens no less). And we don't need to touch the now going-on-two-decades Bella Swan controversy.
Irene is...well, I'm not sure what character archetype she is. Other than, she's a classical representation of what men think of women - sexy vamps that are prone to evil because lol wimmin amirite? Where all of her worth not as a person but just strictly as a thing that happens to exist is entirely tied up in how hot she is and how bangabale she is, and where all of her other traits are going to be verging into "Brian-Griffin-As-Worse-Than-Hitler" territory.
Helen isn't much better, somewhat implied body shaming but also just hot enough that whatever evil she does is forgiven too.
But yeah. What gives?
Let's close out with some final Regular Car Reviews allusions
My queen is best queen because N O T A Q U E E N
Here's my toy queen, here's my real queen! - Eugenidies, you know he totally does this.
Also you may have noticed that this is a literal copy-paste of my review of Queen of Attolia because the two books are literally that interchangeable. But hey, Eugenidies wasn't a complete and total simp in here, so, plus one star!
My evil queen is best evil queen because she's the most evil, and also the hottest!
No, my evil queen is the best evil queen because she's the most evil and also she's the hottest!
No my evil queen is best evil queen because she's the most evil, and also the hottest, and also cut my hand off. But it's ok, because I'm in love with her, because my evil queen is hottest evil queen
...so I think that more or less well-establishes that...like...why is this one of the most hyped-up books and series I routinely encounter now? It's almost as bad as Bardugo-verse, which is almost such a perfect-copy paste of Attolia anyway that I can copy-paste this very review into Six of Crows and it still fits (close enough).
But after reading this book twice, including the audiobook...well for starters the audiobook confirms why so much of the first reading experience honestly goes over my head. Because it's so boooooorrrrrring. Nothing of note really happens, other than the bolded summary that opens up this review.
And then we get to the "meat" of Attolia, or at least what passes for it. I mean...I don't know what else I can say or how else to even phrase it. Eugenidies hard-core simps for Irene. End of story. There, I said it. This is a ridiculously toxic relationship. Eugenidies lets Irene get away with almost literally anything - including actually literally chopping his hand off. And he's fine with it. Because he wants to do Irene. Because she's hot. I mean, yeah, that's a rather crass way to put it, but...I mean, again, that's an accurate phrasing and imagery.
And then we come to the real problematic issue in which...why is it that women write women characters in the most problematic way to begin with? Bardugo has issues, it's true, deal with it; Susanne Collins seems to think at times the best way to prop up a woman protagonist is on top of a high all-women body count (almost exclusively teens no less). And we don't need to touch the now going-on-two-decades Bella Swan controversy.
Irene is...well, I'm not sure what character archetype she is. Other than, she's a classical representation of what men think of women - sexy vamps that are prone to evil because lol wimmin amirite? Where all of her worth not as a person but just strictly as a thing that happens to exist is entirely tied up in how hot she is and how bangabale she is, and where all of her other traits are going to be verging into "Brian-Griffin-As-Worse-Than-Hitler" territory.
Helen isn't much better, somewhat implied body shaming but also just hot enough that whatever evil she does is forgiven too.
But yeah. What gives?
Let's close out with some final Regular Car Reviews allusions
My queen is best queen because N O T A Q U E E N
Here's my toy queen, here's my real queen! - Eugenidies, you know he totally does this.
Also you may have noticed that this is a literal copy-paste of my review of Queen of Attolia because the two books are literally that interchangeable. But hey, Eugenidies wasn't a complete and total simp in here, so, plus one star!