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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Can't remember why I stopped woops. Might not have liked the writing style?
medium-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:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Actually three and a half stars because the first half was a solid 4 stars with hope for even more. But later on I somehow lost much of my affection for the characters. Not sure why. Thinking about it ...
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Objectively this is a good book, but I just wasn't feeling it as much as I'd have liked.
The setting was interesting and the city very vividly pictured. There wasn't necessarily anything wrong with the characters, I just didn't particularly feel connected to any of them. I feel like they could have been described a bit better too, because was picturing most of the characters as very different ages for a long time - for example I was well into the book before I realised that the Orca lady was at least in her 50s.
The setting was interesting and the city very vividly pictured. There wasn't necessarily anything wrong with the characters, I just didn't particularly feel connected to any of them. I feel like they could have been described a bit better too, because was picturing most of the characters as very different ages for a long time - for example I was well into the book before I realised that the Orca lady was at least in her 50s.
This book was five stars for me all the way up until about 15% from the end. What on earth happened to half of the story line? I don't mind all the things that did happen, although some of that was shocking to say the least, but half of what the book seemed to be really building towards just seemed to fall away only to be replaced with one heck of a disastrous standoff, that to me, felt like it came out of left field.
I thought I was getting Waterworld meets Johnny Mnemonic (the movie), which would have been really really cool. Instead it ended up feeling like Waterworld meets Johnny Mnemonic, if the last 15 minutes of Mnemonic had ended with an abruptly placed standoff, (I know the last 15 minutes is actually a standoff, but let me finish), where half the good guys turned on each other, killed the dolphin, and completely forgot about the Shakes.....
I thought I was getting Waterworld meets Johnny Mnemonic (the movie), which would have been really really cool. Instead it ended up feeling like Waterworld meets Johnny Mnemonic, if the last 15 minutes of Mnemonic had ended with an abruptly placed standoff, (I know the last 15 minutes is actually a standoff, but let me finish), where half the good guys turned on each other, killed the dolphin, and completely forgot about the Shakes.....
