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A review by smack_books
Ruinsong by Julia Ember
3.0
The world building in this book was pretty good and interesting to read. I just feel like as a novel that was advertised as a retelling of Phantom of the Opera, it didn’t really follow that musical too much. Of course it doesn’t have to but the way it’s marketed makes it sound like it would be way more similar to Phantom so it could’ve been more clear on that.
The characters were well written and even the antagonist was multidimensional. I wish the mc had more authority to rebel than she did, because it felt like she only did it when she really had to. I feel it would’ve been more satisfying if all the shit she went through finally built up into anger. I was also scared tue author was going to pull a “I’m not gonna kill you cause I’m better than you” and I’m so relieved she didn’t
The characters were well written and even the antagonist was multidimensional. I wish the mc had more authority to rebel than she did, because it felt like she only did it when she really had to. I feel it would’ve been more satisfying if all the shit she went through finally built up into anger. I was also scared tue author was going to pull a “I’m not gonna kill you cause I’m better than you” and I’m so relieved she didn’t