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innae's review against another edition
3.0
I am not a fan of the split up stories - I just get confused as I listen, perhaps in a physical book I could skip around and read them in one shot.
Introduction by "Dacre Stoker"
not really an introduction in the way of setting the stage, just basically tells you that vampires aren't exactly what you think, and that each story in this anthology is written by a different person so they have different perspectives.
Junk by Jonathan Maberry
In 6 parts (ending after Heartsick)
I was a bit confused, as the first part sort of just ends, I had to go search to find a list of the stories to see that it is in several parts, which makes more sense, but leads me to initially question how this anthology is put together.
Roadkill by Nancy Holder
In 2 parts (ending after Junk part 6)
Because of how the vampires are manifesting, there are reasons that each culture's vampire myths exist, and why some vampires hop, and some fear the cross, but they don't ALL hop, and not all fear the cross. I like the premise.
Love Less by John Everson
In 2 parts (ending after Junk part 4)
This follows the story of a vampire that can only feed on loved ones. An interesting myth, as eventually, the food would run out - unless you fed on other vampires, and I would think eventually that wouldn't work either. The main character manages to skirt the rules, by making new "loved ones" as she goes.
Epiphany by Yvonne Navarro
in 2 parts (ending after Vulpes part 2)
The Ballad of Big Charlie by Keith R.A. DeCandido
in 3 parts (ending? after Stalking Anna Lei part 2)
I like Big Charlie a lot, this may be my favorite story thus far. It involves a werewolf rather than a vampire, and a DA.
Heartsick by Scott Nicholson
Honestly, I don't even recall listening to this one.
Vulpes by Gregory Frost
in 2 parts (ending after Embedded)
Again I am distracted by the only part of the story - what I have heard in Part 1 is good, but just about the time I am getting invested, we go to a new story. This one was interesting, as we find out in part 2, because our heroine has morphed into a were, which folklore tells us was the protector FROM the vampires. this story tends to say that the junk DNA is affecting EVERYONE once you are exposed to the virus - we all go back to ancestral DNA, and everyone was a vampire or something - which seems to go against what the rest of the stories are going for.
Escalation by Jonathan Maberry
Although I felt like I was paying attention to this story, I don't really recall exactly what was going on. Seems it was a crime being investigated, and discussion on vampires, werewolves and zombies and whether they truly exist.
Stalking Anna Lei by James A. Moore (read by Wil Wheaton) (ok..it is true that a good reader can make something stand out. Wil is a good reader, probably even a great reader - he makes you pay attention. Love Him -- now I want to listen to Ready Player One :-)
in 2 parts (ending after Species Genocide)
Interesting that a vampire has to stretch..a lot...to keep rigor mortis away, this amuses me.
Species Genocide by Jonathan Maberry
Embedded by Jonathan Maberry
Last Bites by Jonathan Maberry
obviously this is left open for more sequels, more stories told in this world. I will likely listen/read some of them, as at least one of the anthologies has a story from Scott Sigler.
Introduction by "Dacre Stoker"
not really an introduction in the way of setting the stage, just basically tells you that vampires aren't exactly what you think, and that each story in this anthology is written by a different person so they have different perspectives.
Junk by Jonathan Maberry
In 6 parts (ending after Heartsick)
I was a bit confused, as the first part sort of just ends, I had to go search to find a list of the stories to see that it is in several parts, which makes more sense, but leads me to initially question how this anthology is put together.
Roadkill by Nancy Holder
In 2 parts (ending after Junk part 6)
Because of how the vampires are manifesting, there are reasons that each culture's vampire myths exist, and why some vampires hop, and some fear the cross, but they don't ALL hop, and not all fear the cross. I like the premise.
Love Less by John Everson
In 2 parts (ending after Junk part 4)
This follows the story of a vampire that can only feed on loved ones. An interesting myth, as eventually, the food would run out - unless you fed on other vampires, and I would think eventually that wouldn't work either. The main character manages to skirt the rules, by making new "loved ones" as she goes.
Epiphany by Yvonne Navarro
in 2 parts (ending after Vulpes part 2)
The Ballad of Big Charlie by Keith R.A. DeCandido
in 3 parts (ending? after Stalking Anna Lei part 2)
I like Big Charlie a lot, this may be my favorite story thus far. It involves a werewolf rather than a vampire, and a DA.
Heartsick by Scott Nicholson
Honestly, I don't even recall listening to this one.
Vulpes by Gregory Frost
in 2 parts (ending after Embedded)
Again I am distracted by the only part of the story - what I have heard in Part 1 is good, but just about the time I am getting invested, we go to a new story. This one was interesting, as we find out in part 2, because our heroine has morphed into a were, which folklore tells us was the protector FROM the vampires. this story tends to say that the junk DNA is affecting EVERYONE once you are exposed to the virus - we all go back to ancestral DNA, and everyone was a vampire or something - which seems to go against what the rest of the stories are going for.
Escalation by Jonathan Maberry
Although I felt like I was paying attention to this story, I don't really recall exactly what was going on. Seems it was a crime being investigated, and discussion on vampires, werewolves and zombies and whether they truly exist.
Stalking Anna Lei by James A. Moore (read by Wil Wheaton) (ok..it is true that a good reader can make something stand out. Wil is a good reader, probably even a great reader - he makes you pay attention. Love Him -- now I want to listen to Ready Player One :-)
in 2 parts (ending after Species Genocide)
Interesting that a vampire has to stretch..a lot...to keep rigor mortis away, this amuses me.
Species Genocide by Jonathan Maberry
Embedded by Jonathan Maberry
Last Bites by Jonathan Maberry
obviously this is left open for more sequels, more stories told in this world. I will likely listen/read some of them, as at least one of the anthologies has a story from Scott Sigler.
gatun's review against another edition
5.0
V Wars: A Chronicle of the Vampire Wars was released in 2010. I did not come across it until 2012. I am so glad I did not miss it. V Wars in an unique anthology. It is a collection of several stories that all have some connection. The first story “Junk” is by Jonathan Maberry. It is the jumping off point for all the stories that follow. “Junk” has six parts but they are dispersed throughout the book. All of the multi part stories are dispersed. All the different stories are threads that weave a very compelling tapestry. V Wars creates a fertile universe as illustrated by the sequels. My favorite thread was “Epiphany” by Yvonne Navarro.
The narration was fantastic. The team of narrators was first rate. It included Cassandra Campbell, Gabrielle de Cuir, Roxanne Hernadez, Arte Johnson, Stefan Rudnicki, Wil Wheaton. Each narrator handled a different thread of the overall collection. Each did a fantastic job with any accents, male vs female characteristics and conveying emotion.
I enjoyed V Wars: A Chronicle of the Vampire Wars so much that I am currently listening to V Wars: Night Terrors (2015). I will eventually get to V Wars: Blood and Fire: New Stories of the Vampire Wars (2014). I really enjoy the ensemble aspect of this audiobook, not only in the author's’ writing but in the narrator's’ also.
The narration was fantastic. The team of narrators was first rate. It included Cassandra Campbell, Gabrielle de Cuir, Roxanne Hernadez, Arte Johnson, Stefan Rudnicki, Wil Wheaton. Each narrator handled a different thread of the overall collection. Each did a fantastic job with any accents, male vs female characteristics and conveying emotion.
I enjoyed V Wars: A Chronicle of the Vampire Wars so much that I am currently listening to V Wars: Night Terrors (2015). I will eventually get to V Wars: Blood and Fire: New Stories of the Vampire Wars (2014). I really enjoy the ensemble aspect of this audiobook, not only in the author's’ writing but in the narrator's’ also.
tarheel99's review against another edition
4.0
While this book was quite what I'd hoped it would be, the last half really picked up and made it an enjoyable book. The fact that so many people had a hand in it did make if feel a little disjointed, but, all-in-all, it was still fun and left me wanting and waiting for more once it was over. A few of the segments felt kind of flat and left me wanting more action, but most were really good and had me wanting to follow that authors story further. Some of the storylines kinda stopped fairly early, which I'm hoping will be picked back up if there's a sequel, so I won't judge them too harshly now. Plus, I just love everything Jonathan Maberry writes, so more of that just makes me happy.
kevinhendricks's review against another edition
3.0
A story about the vampire apocalypse, told from multiple angles and threaded together. Each thread was written by a different author, which brought a unique flavor, but a little more overlap would have been good.
alexctelander's review against another edition
3.0
V Wars is an interesting effort edited by Jonathan Maberry, bestselling author of Patient X and The Dragon Factory, bringing together a number of authors writing their own stories set in the same world where there are vampires. Sometimes characters cross over, and occasional plot lines are intertwined, but for the most part each author is writing their own, individual story. The result is a book that while not as cohesive as a complete novel written by a single author, features a number of interesting viewpoints in a world where vampires begin to take over.
Maberry’s own story, “Junk,” which continues in a number of parts, sets the stage for V Wars with the first of the infected from his perspective as he deal s with the changes of becoming a vampire and the growing lust and hunger that can only be satiated by fresh blood. It is unclear how or why certain people first turned, but it is thought to be a virus affecting “junk DNA.” In this world your heritage matters when you become a vampire, as all the folklore and history of vampires is true in a sense; the vampires we are all familiar with from Bram Stoker are for those with a Romanian heritage, while people of Russian descent are their own kind of vampire, and Native Americans yet another.
V Wars features stories from the likes of Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, Keith Decandido, Scott Nicholson, and more. It is a book that is certainly an interesting experiment with some impressive ideas and aspects that will leave you chilled to the bone.
Originally written on September 25, 2012 ©Alex C. Telander.
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Maberry’s own story, “Junk,” which continues in a number of parts, sets the stage for V Wars with the first of the infected from his perspective as he deal s with the changes of becoming a vampire and the growing lust and hunger that can only be satiated by fresh blood. It is unclear how or why certain people first turned, but it is thought to be a virus affecting “junk DNA.” In this world your heritage matters when you become a vampire, as all the folklore and history of vampires is true in a sense; the vampires we are all familiar with from Bram Stoker are for those with a Romanian heritage, while people of Russian descent are their own kind of vampire, and Native Americans yet another.
V Wars features stories from the likes of Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, Keith Decandido, Scott Nicholson, and more. It is a book that is certainly an interesting experiment with some impressive ideas and aspects that will leave you chilled to the bone.
Originally written on September 25, 2012 ©Alex C. Telander.
For more reviews, go to Bookbanter
caffeinatedfae's review against another edition
3.0
Okay, I really wanted to love this book. It combines one of my favorite books (World War Z) and Vampires! Unfortunately, this book felt way too similar to World War Z that I couldn't help but compare it to Max Brooks' novel. The stories are mingled together and it felt that at times the storylines jumped around. I was never really invested in the characters and many of the short stories were flat.
Ultimately, I wasn't too disappointed, but I wasn't impressed either.
Ultimately, I wasn't too disappointed, but I wasn't impressed either.
dtaylorbooks's review against another edition
5.0
V WARS is actually more of an anthology centered around a single spine of a plot. Maberry is in the middle of it all, weaving the basis of the world with JUNK, ESCALATION, SPECIES, GENOCIDE, EMBEDDED and LAST BITES. JUNK takes up the biggest chunk of the story, centering on Michael Fayne, aka Patient Zero (not Joe Ledger). The guy that started it all. I only know Jonathan for his zombies but let me tell you he can do vampires too. I just LOVED the science behind it, how it was basically a virus that activated dormant, or junk, DNA in our genetic code giving humans vampire tendencies. Unlike zombies most of these guys blended into society so you would have no idea if the person standing next to you on the subway is leering at you because you're hot or because they're hungry. To pun terribly, it's a more evolved pandemic than something like a zombie virus, as that's what people with the mutations come to think of themselves as. Evolved. They've moved on to the next phase of humanity.
Each subsequent story of Maberry's moves on to how the reaction to this virus would escalate in the world, the breakdown of the species (which I loved because all of these authors delved into some seriously off the beaten path vampires, the variety was awesome), deeming the mutants enemies of the state by the government and thus sanctioning their slaughter, the vampires teaming up to fight back and then vampires hiding in plain sight. These stories were sprinkled along the book, mixed in with other authors and they created an excellent complement to everything else going around. Everyone really wrote so well within Maberry's imagined world that while the voices differed the stories seemed authentic. Seriously loved it.
Nancy Holder authored ROADKILL about bikers defending the border and then ultimately losing their grip on reality and who is really the enemy. I liked this one for the ambiance. The story didn't hold me so much as its setting. I could feel the grit and the grime of the desert and it ground out the unreality of the situations into something tangible. Probably because I've been to Arizona and could actually picture it. Made it all the more real.
John Everson wrote LOVE LESS about a talk show host that's pretty much a closet sociopath. I liked this character for her ingenuity but that's where it pretty much ended. She wasn't sympathetic although she presented a really interesting variety in the vampire species going around.
Yvonne Navarro wrote EPIPHANY which was quite possibly my second favorite story in this compendium. Also set in Arizona, it focuses on a seventeen-year-old Native American girl still living on the reservation and ostracized from her society in part because her parents were nonconformists to their world but also because she was raped. She begins to morph into a kind of snake-like vampire that was just super crazy from the beginning. She even adopted slightly snake-like features (if you're thinking Voldemort you've gone too far) and made a pretty good job for herself because of her, um, talents. Between the setting and the fantastic character in Mooney, I didn't want this particular narrative to end.
Scott Nicholson wrote HEARTSICK, a short I wasn't all that impressed with. Loved the lore of the Raven Mockers that would eat people's hearts but the characters were a bit too stereotypical heehaws for my liking.
James A. Moore added STALKING ANNA LEI which had a not-so-appealing vampire (something kind of cat-like) but a great plot. A brother is on a mission to find his sister who he thinks was kidnapped by an ogre-looking vampire. Except this nasty vampire is leaving a blood trail that points right back to the MC. Definitely suspenseful and an author that's rather unforgiving with his characters. I liked it.
Keith RA Decandido wrote THE BALLAD OF BIG CHARLIE which deviated from the truer vampire line just a bit to add in shapeshifters. Charlie is a Bronx DA who also happens to be a werewolf. This is the story that, for me, really zeros in on something more political in terms of equality. Is Charlie even human anymore? Should he be allowed out of the house? Is he safe? Obvious parallels to society's current issues with gay people and their rights, or minorities, or any people in adversity really. It takes place an extended amount of time after the zero event so society has had a chance to thoroughly react to the issue and polarize itself. I normally don't like moralizing but I was okay with it here. It didn't seem contrived and fit really well with the story as a whole. This one probably came in a solid number three from the top for me.
And last but not least Gregory Frost wrote VULPES about a Romanian scientist getting exposed to the virus in Antarctica but it doesn't go where you think it might go considering her home (as people's mutations depend on their heritage). She is actually the antithesis to the vampires, a protector of mankind. A great way to end the book, really. Her line of mutation is the medicine for the vampire virus. It's not pretty but with the "bad" mutations come the "good" ones that'll help protect society.
With the ridiculous mix of vampire lore going on in V WARS, there is definitely something for every vampire lover in here. From the scientific aspect (which I found believable) to the emergence of little known vampire species (and the authors' willingness to deviate from the beaten and cliched path) and the various effects it has on the world, V WARS kept me entertained from beginning to end. This is a serious Christmas gift for at least a couple of my die hard vampire-loving friends. And I'm not talking about Twihards either. They can stuff it. These vamps would devour Edward whole, pound his granite glitter skin into eyeshadow and hand it out at strip clubs.
Each subsequent story of Maberry's moves on to how the reaction to this virus would escalate in the world, the breakdown of the species (which I loved because all of these authors delved into some seriously off the beaten path vampires, the variety was awesome), deeming the mutants enemies of the state by the government and thus sanctioning their slaughter, the vampires teaming up to fight back and then vampires hiding in plain sight. These stories were sprinkled along the book, mixed in with other authors and they created an excellent complement to everything else going around. Everyone really wrote so well within Maberry's imagined world that while the voices differed the stories seemed authentic. Seriously loved it.
Nancy Holder authored ROADKILL about bikers defending the border and then ultimately losing their grip on reality and who is really the enemy. I liked this one for the ambiance. The story didn't hold me so much as its setting. I could feel the grit and the grime of the desert and it ground out the unreality of the situations into something tangible. Probably because I've been to Arizona and could actually picture it. Made it all the more real.
John Everson wrote LOVE LESS about a talk show host that's pretty much a closet sociopath. I liked this character for her ingenuity but that's where it pretty much ended. She wasn't sympathetic although she presented a really interesting variety in the vampire species going around.
Yvonne Navarro wrote EPIPHANY which was quite possibly my second favorite story in this compendium. Also set in Arizona, it focuses on a seventeen-year-old Native American girl still living on the reservation and ostracized from her society in part because her parents were nonconformists to their world but also because she was raped. She begins to morph into a kind of snake-like vampire that was just super crazy from the beginning. She even adopted slightly snake-like features (if you're thinking Voldemort you've gone too far) and made a pretty good job for herself because of her, um, talents. Between the setting and the fantastic character in Mooney, I didn't want this particular narrative to end.
Scott Nicholson wrote HEARTSICK, a short I wasn't all that impressed with. Loved the lore of the Raven Mockers that would eat people's hearts but the characters were a bit too stereotypical heehaws for my liking.
James A. Moore added STALKING ANNA LEI which had a not-so-appealing vampire (something kind of cat-like) but a great plot. A brother is on a mission to find his sister who he thinks was kidnapped by an ogre-looking vampire. Except this nasty vampire is leaving a blood trail that points right back to the MC. Definitely suspenseful and an author that's rather unforgiving with his characters. I liked it.
Keith RA Decandido wrote THE BALLAD OF BIG CHARLIE which deviated from the truer vampire line just a bit to add in shapeshifters. Charlie is a Bronx DA who also happens to be a werewolf. This is the story that, for me, really zeros in on something more political in terms of equality. Is Charlie even human anymore? Should he be allowed out of the house? Is he safe? Obvious parallels to society's current issues with gay people and their rights, or minorities, or any people in adversity really. It takes place an extended amount of time after the zero event so society has had a chance to thoroughly react to the issue and polarize itself. I normally don't like moralizing but I was okay with it here. It didn't seem contrived and fit really well with the story as a whole. This one probably came in a solid number three from the top for me.
And last but not least Gregory Frost wrote VULPES about a Romanian scientist getting exposed to the virus in Antarctica but it doesn't go where you think it might go considering her home (as people's mutations depend on their heritage). She is actually the antithesis to the vampires, a protector of mankind. A great way to end the book, really. Her line of mutation is the medicine for the vampire virus. It's not pretty but with the "bad" mutations come the "good" ones that'll help protect society.
With the ridiculous mix of vampire lore going on in V WARS, there is definitely something for every vampire lover in here. From the scientific aspect (which I found believable) to the emergence of little known vampire species (and the authors' willingness to deviate from the beaten and cliched path) and the various effects it has on the world, V WARS kept me entertained from beginning to end. This is a serious Christmas gift for at least a couple of my die hard vampire-loving friends. And I'm not talking about Twihards either. They can stuff it. These vamps would devour Edward whole, pound his granite glitter skin into eyeshadow and hand it out at strip clubs.
aspygirlsmom_1995's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
publius's review against another edition
3.0
V-Wars, edited by Jonathan Maberry, is a collection of stories set in the same world but written by a bevy of talented authors.
In the world Maberry creates in V-Wars, a prehistoric virus has been released from polar ice, awakening recessive genes in the human genome. The virus triggers changes in some humans, awakening physical changes that are varied and dramatic. Before long, vampires walk among us. Some are benign; many are not.
Maberry's collection of tales does well and more credibly what X-Men (at least the movies--I'm not familiar with the comics) tries to do: it portrays a genetic mutation that changes a portion of humanity, causing ostracization, fear, violence, and, of course, government action. I've always been dubious about what the reaction to the X-Men. After all, the powers they have seem to be magical and useful. On the other hand, the mutations in V Wars result in a change that seems to drive its mutants to, well, suck blood.
That seems a bit more against the public interest than the power to start fires, freeze objects, levitate, or any of the other number of changes that Stan Lee's X-Men undergo.
Maberry does an excellent job tying the stories together with a common story that intersperses the tales. While the majority of the stories seem to take place in and around the American northeast, especially New York City, V-Wars treats readers to a semi-global perspective, with stories from the American southern border with Mexico, in the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains, and one that crisscrosses the globe, starting in Antarctica, jetting off to Romania, and stopping through France, too. Some times we read from the vampire's perspective; other times, from the humans. Maberry breaks up the stories, too, giving the collection something of novel-like feeling.
As interesting as the collection is, the stories are not all created equal, and it's part of the reason I had a hard time settling on just three stars. I wanted badly to give the book four stars--but several of the stories disappointed, even bored me.
They were few, however, and generally the stories were creative and enjoyable, if occasionally not for the faint of heart. Here are a few of my favorites:
"Stalking Anna Lei" by James A. Moore brings together legends of vampires from East Asia, as John Lei searches for his sister while navigating the dangerous world of Asian gangs amid reports of a monstrous creature that seems to be haunting his every step. Told from John's perspective, Moore has a great voice that makes his story one of the most enjoyable, and his plotting makes the final twist satisfying and unexpected.
"Vulpes" by Gregory Frost begins in Antarctica and trails Ruksana back to her home in Romania. Beware, though: when the change comes to her, the results are anything but vampiric.
Yvonne Navarro's "Epiphany" asks what happens when society's most weak go through the vampiric change, trading vulnerabilities for superhuman power. Red Moon is the orphaned daughter of Native Americans, raped, pregnant, and infected by the virus. Beset by changes she cannot explain, she finds herself on the edge of motherhood in a world that threatens to destroy her for the changes that have come over her.
V-Wars deserves a second installment. It is, in many ways, only the opening chapter in the new world that emerges as vampire and human eye each other and wonder if they will live together or in conflict.
In the world Maberry creates in V-Wars, a prehistoric virus has been released from polar ice, awakening recessive genes in the human genome. The virus triggers changes in some humans, awakening physical changes that are varied and dramatic. Before long, vampires walk among us. Some are benign; many are not.
Maberry's collection of tales does well and more credibly what X-Men (at least the movies--I'm not familiar with the comics) tries to do: it portrays a genetic mutation that changes a portion of humanity, causing ostracization, fear, violence, and, of course, government action. I've always been dubious about what the reaction to the X-Men. After all, the powers they have seem to be magical and useful. On the other hand, the mutations in V Wars result in a change that seems to drive its mutants to, well, suck blood.
That seems a bit more against the public interest than the power to start fires, freeze objects, levitate, or any of the other number of changes that Stan Lee's X-Men undergo.
Maberry does an excellent job tying the stories together with a common story that intersperses the tales. While the majority of the stories seem to take place in and around the American northeast, especially New York City, V-Wars treats readers to a semi-global perspective, with stories from the American southern border with Mexico, in the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains, and one that crisscrosses the globe, starting in Antarctica, jetting off to Romania, and stopping through France, too. Some times we read from the vampire's perspective; other times, from the humans. Maberry breaks up the stories, too, giving the collection something of novel-like feeling.
As interesting as the collection is, the stories are not all created equal, and it's part of the reason I had a hard time settling on just three stars. I wanted badly to give the book four stars--but several of the stories disappointed, even bored me.
They were few, however, and generally the stories were creative and enjoyable, if occasionally not for the faint of heart. Here are a few of my favorites:
"Stalking Anna Lei" by James A. Moore brings together legends of vampires from East Asia, as John Lei searches for his sister while navigating the dangerous world of Asian gangs amid reports of a monstrous creature that seems to be haunting his every step. Told from John's perspective, Moore has a great voice that makes his story one of the most enjoyable, and his plotting makes the final twist satisfying and unexpected.
"Vulpes" by Gregory Frost begins in Antarctica and trails Ruksana back to her home in Romania. Beware, though: when the change comes to her, the results are anything but vampiric.
Yvonne Navarro's "Epiphany" asks what happens when society's most weak go through the vampiric change, trading vulnerabilities for superhuman power. Red Moon is the orphaned daughter of Native Americans, raped, pregnant, and infected by the virus. Beset by changes she cannot explain, she finds herself on the edge of motherhood in a world that threatens to destroy her for the changes that have come over her.
V-Wars deserves a second installment. It is, in many ways, only the opening chapter in the new world that emerges as vampire and human eye each other and wonder if they will live together or in conflict.
interfectrix's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0