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A review by solly
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
4.0
3.5 stars
Disclaimer: the audiobook file I listened to (legally, obviously) was damaged and crackling at times and it did detract from my enjoyement of the book because of sensory issues
Otherwise this felt like reading a long introductory book for the next one, but like in a good way? I enjoy stories that take their time if they have strong worldbuilding and characters to support it. Here, the worldbuilding was strong and the characters interesting buuut could have been developed more for some of them (I'm a very character driven kind of reader). I don't feel like I've gotten to know Narampa (please forgive spelling mistakes I only listened to the audio of this and am writing from memory of what I read in reviews a while ago) enough and Serapio is basically the basic recipe of characters I love and yet I'm not completely heads over heels for him. I absolutely love Xiala though!!
Excited and intrigued for the next book, because I honestly thought it was ended abruptly at a weird moment BUT I can roll with the abrupt cliffhanger depending on what the next boom has to offer.
Disclaimer: the audiobook file I listened to (legally, obviously) was damaged and crackling at times and it did detract from my enjoyement of the book because of sensory issues
Otherwise this felt like reading a long introductory book for the next one, but like in a good way? I enjoy stories that take their time if they have strong worldbuilding and characters to support it. Here, the worldbuilding was strong and the characters interesting buuut could have been developed more for some of them (I'm a very character driven kind of reader). I don't feel like I've gotten to know Narampa (please forgive spelling mistakes I only listened to the audio of this and am writing from memory of what I read in reviews a while ago) enough and Serapio is basically the basic recipe of characters I love and yet I'm not completely heads over heels for him. I absolutely love Xiala though!!
Excited and intrigued for the next book, because I honestly thought it was ended abruptly at a weird moment BUT I can roll with the abrupt cliffhanger depending on what the next boom has to offer.