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jayarna 's review for:
The Silvered Serpents
by Roshani Chokshi
Edit: okay there is another. Yet another confusing element because this feels equally like it should and could end here and like nothing was wrapped up properly? What the hell?
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This duology was so confusing to me. I have so many mixed feelings on it.
It has so many elements. I'm not sure it entirely knows what to focus on, or perhaps it does, but I don't think it's fully pulled it off. I really love what she tried to do here, but I do think some elements where just spilling over and could've used some pulling back. I almost wish it was longer to help contain everything? It all is wondrous and beautiful but it feels choking at times.
Some of these characters I despised following, and others I absolutely loved. And then I get a complete arc for the ones I hated and felt really cheated out of the full story for the others.
Perhaps I'm mistaken and there's another book after this? It would make sense...
Overall I did enjoy this and it had enough standout elements for this to be higher than a 3 star book but weirdly I feel very strangely about it. I think I would definitely benefit from a reread but whether that will actually ever happen is yet to be seen.
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This duology was so confusing to me. I have so many mixed feelings on it.
It has so many elements. I'm not sure it entirely knows what to focus on, or perhaps it does, but I don't think it's fully pulled it off. I really love what she tried to do here, but I do think some elements where just spilling over and could've used some pulling back. I almost wish it was longer to help contain everything? It all is wondrous and beautiful but it feels choking at times.
Some of these characters I despised following, and others I absolutely loved. And then I get a complete arc for the ones I hated and felt really cheated out of the full story for the others.
Perhaps I'm mistaken and there's another book after this? It would make sense...
Overall I did enjoy this and it had enough standout elements for this to be higher than a 3 star book but weirdly I feel very strangely about it. I think I would definitely benefit from a reread but whether that will actually ever happen is yet to be seen.