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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
Very imaginative with a lot of inspiration clearly taken from Gundam and similar mecha franchises. I loved the tug and pull of the religious themes in this novel and the question of whether these characters are right or wrong. The characters, including the main character and pov characters, are clearly written to be gray. I definitely enjoyed this novel and would love to read more in this universe!
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Too abstract, wasn’t connecting w the main character
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Devastated I didn’t love one of my most anticipated books as much as I wanted to. Whilst there is such strength in the concept and queernorm world and Yang’s worldbuilding, I think it really struggled with the character development and language. There was just such a lack of characters? Every one was so sidelined to Misery it just felt really lacking but also very repetitive because everything was so Misery-centric.
I also deeply, deeply struggled with some of the language choices. Big pet peeve for me is using modern day internet language in SFF, every time it happened it totally took me out of the novel. Perhaps trying to make a Gideon-esque character? But it just didn’t work alongside the very religious-preachy sermoning that often occurred.
Very sad about this!
I also deeply, deeply struggled with some of the language choices. Big pet peeve for me is using modern day internet language in SFF, every time it happened it totally took me out of the novel. Perhaps trying to make a Gideon-esque character? But it just didn’t work alongside the very religious-preachy sermoning that often occurred.
Very sad about this!
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
this was confusing
Felt like some of the tension/stakes were resolved too early.
adventurous
hopeful
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:
Yes
This is purely a reflection of my experience. I can imagine someone really enjoying this but I had a hard time really connecting with the characters enough to understand the complexity of the plot