A review by sarah984
Rose by Rami Ungar

adventurous dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I had decent hopes going into this but unfortunately in the end the book just wasn't very good. The main character has a fun voice and I was hoping for something a bit like Transmuted where she learns to use her new body to overcome her situation, but the story just drags on and the character never winds up having much agency. A lot of characters and concepts are introduced near the end that don't really wind up meaning anything. The incel concept with the antagonist could have been something but instead felt pointless and some of the detail seemed gratuitous. There were a lot of little errors (characters’ names spelled differently in different places) and typos. The ending was stupid.
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