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A review by solaria
The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Had I realised this was YA fantasy when I bought it, I probably wouldn't have bought it but alas. Here we are.
For what it is, it's a fine YA fantasy book. I probably would've loved it a lot had I read it when I was 14-15. It does it's job well enough and was enjoyable. Aside from the contents of the book itself, the cover is gorgeous.
It was paced super fast which kinda threw me a bit as it never felt like the plot had time to settle and I felt like I was never introduced to the world properly. Like the author would introduce so many concepts but never really explain what they meant? And these concepts didn't really seem to have any effect on the plot? To me, this book felt like a combination of all these cool ideas the author had, but they had no idea how to tie them together or flesh them out.
The characters were alright, but again, needed more time to breathe because they came across as pretty flat and one-dimensional because of the lack of time given to them. Especially the villains. But they weren't annoying so I'll give the author credit for that haha.
For what it is, it's a fine YA fantasy book. I probably would've loved it a lot had I read it when I was 14-15. It does it's job well enough and was enjoyable. Aside from the contents of the book itself, the cover is gorgeous.
It was paced super fast which kinda threw me a bit as it never felt like the plot had time to settle and I felt like I was never introduced to the world properly. Like the author would introduce so many concepts but never really explain what they meant? And these concepts didn't really seem to have any effect on the plot? To me, this book felt like a combination of all these cool ideas the author had, but they had no idea how to tie them together or flesh them out.
The characters were alright, but again, needed more time to breathe because they came across as pretty flat and one-dimensional because of the lack of time given to them. Especially the villains. But they weren't annoying so I'll give the author credit for that haha.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Slavery and Sexism
Minor: Racism and Vomit