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A review by vaguelymaybe
The Girl King by Mimi Yu
Did not finish book.
dnf at page 285
the premise sounded so cool and i really wanted to love this, but unfortunately it didn't stand out against other ya fantasy books for me, especially when the plot really started dragging about halfway through. i did like Lu much more than the average warrior princess character but her story quickly got overshadowed by the love interest, whom i found pretty boring, and her sister, who intrigued me at first (she's the character archetype of the whiny shrinking violet who slowly finds her voice, but i thought Min felt more real than other characters like this), but as the story slowed down and started dragging on i got pretty sick of her. Mimi Yu's writing is nice, though, and i think definitely has potential so maybe i'll check back in with her a few books down the line!
the premise sounded so cool and i really wanted to love this, but unfortunately it didn't stand out against other ya fantasy books for me, especially when the plot really started dragging about halfway through. i did like Lu much more than the average warrior princess character but her story quickly got overshadowed by the love interest, whom i found pretty boring, and her sister, who intrigued me at first (she's the character archetype of the whiny shrinking violet who slowly finds her voice, but i thought Min felt more real than other characters like this), but as the story slowed down and started dragging on i got pretty sick of her. Mimi Yu's writing is nice, though, and i think definitely has potential so maybe i'll check back in with her a few books down the line!