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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
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:
Yes
There wasn't a lot of plot to capture my interest, and the characters felt flat.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Continued reading this after putting it hold for so long. The humor is funny and the characters are interesting but the ending seems to be very anticlimactic even though it supposed be deep. My head just feels full from all the sci fi lingo
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
mysterious
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
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was so excited by the concept of this book, it really was a recipe for a story I thought I would enjoy, but the prose dampened the whole thing. It felt both repetitive and overly flowery. The POV left me feeling separated from the story. I couldn't connect with any of the characters, they all felt flat and one-dimensional (at best - some felt no-dimensional) and the story lacked any real power. Everything is told and nothing is shown and it was a real misery (hah) to read.
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-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
I enjoyed the worldbuilding and would love to know more about the civilization Yang invented. What is a saint? How does one become one? Will Misery ever break through the religious absolutism of their upbringing and discover why they interact with stones and seraphim the same way that Heretics do? Misery's journey from frightened prisoner to defiant prisoner and the themes around duty, constriction, and blind acceptance were consistently reinforced. However, I found Yang's prose very unpleasant. Their most annoying habit started on page 3, when they describe a character as "pale, dark-haired, all long and narrow limbs." They used this phrasing constantly - "Arms all strong and supportive," "a hollow puppet, all clay and brittleness," etc. They also lost me completely about 3/4 of the way through the book when they introduced holy pearl - PEARL IS NOT A STONE. I read the book in a single day because I brought it to jury duty. I'm rereading their Tensorate series at the same time and their first works seem much more tightly edited.