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A review by frenchtoast_n_books
Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
3.0
I can't say much that hasn't already been said, but here it goes:
I genuinely liked the premise and the journey of this story. I hope the sequel smooths out the kinks better so I'm left unconfused about the world and the magic in it.
While reading this I wasn't sure if magic was a relatively new phenomena or an ancient one because this story only focuses on roughly 3 generations of human history, even in its museum. I'm sure it felt that way due to its lack of world building that I knew going into the story
The book showcases dialogue that doesn't seem to matter in the grand scheme of the story but lacks description on characters' looks and relationships. I was left guessing. Luckily, I was usually right, though it helped that I wrote everything down especially since names were being flung left and right with little to no context.
This book also falls into the "keeping secrets for no reason" trope that I don't care for, and the "everyone needs powers because no mentioned character can be basic" trope which irritated me. Why can't you have healthy, happy, and law-abiding non-power people in the spotlight too? Seriously. Ugh.
There was obvious foreshadowing and oblivious surprises that I enjoyed for the most part.
I genuinely cared for the relationship between Brighton and Emil and Prudencia, even though Brighton is trash. I liked Ness. I couldn't stand Maribelle by the story's end. All other characters were meh for me, except possibly Iris. I need to know more about her before I make up my mind. As I said before, there was too big a cast for one 353 page book for me to grow firmly attached to anyone.
I digress. So let's cut to the case:
In short? This book needed more fine-tuning. I can get passed the lack of world building but I could not get passed the character soup. Bring back the strong relationships and character developments of your previous stories please.
I genuinely liked the premise and the journey of this story. I hope the sequel smooths out the kinks better so I'm left unconfused about the world and the magic in it.
While reading this I wasn't sure if magic was a relatively new phenomena or an ancient one because this story only focuses on roughly 3 generations of human history, even in its museum. I'm sure it felt that way due to its lack of world building that I knew going into the story
The book showcases dialogue that doesn't seem to matter in the grand scheme of the story but lacks description on characters' looks and relationships. I was left guessing. Luckily, I was usually right, though it helped that I wrote everything down especially since names were being flung left and right with little to no context.
This book also falls into the "keeping secrets for no reason" trope that I don't care for, and the "everyone needs powers because no mentioned character can be basic" trope which irritated me. Why can't you have healthy, happy, and law-abiding non-power people in the spotlight too? Seriously. Ugh.
There was obvious foreshadowing and oblivious surprises that I enjoyed for the most part.
I genuinely cared for the relationship between Brighton and Emil and Prudencia, even though Brighton is trash. I liked Ness. I couldn't stand Maribelle by the story's end. All other characters were meh for me, except possibly Iris. I need to know more about her before I make up my mind. As I said before, there was too big a cast for one 353 page book for me to grow firmly attached to anyone.
I digress. So let's cut to the case:
In short? This book needed more fine-tuning. I can get passed the lack of world building but I could not get passed the character soup. Bring back the strong relationships and character developments of your previous stories please.