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A review by cairn_tkd
Dustborn by Erin Bowman
4.0
If there is one word to summarize this book, it would be unexpected.
I'm not amazing at in-depth book reviews, but I will try my best.
First off, the world building was insanely well done. I dislike when books drop a lot of information about the world and expect readers to remember every detail. Not this book. The author was very careful to only explain things when it was about to become immediately relevant to the story. I know it's the bare minimum, but it was really well done.
Secondly, the plot was FANTASTIC! Each scene was so well-developed that I was never bored, even if the scene was just establishing. The plot twists were set up so that it was unexpected but not completely illogical (because some authors think that's required??)
But there is one reason I'm not giving it five stars. The characters and their interactions. Delta, I would say, is the one exception to this upcoming rant, but she's also the main character. These characters are FLAT. Even though they could be incredibly interesting. Asher? Reed? The Prime? Harlie? Literally any character that's on the page for more than a chapter needed WAYYY more development. Because of how flat the characters were, the spoken dialogue was pretty dull at times as well.
I'm not amazing at in-depth book reviews, but I will try my best.
First off, the world building was insanely well done. I dislike when books drop a lot of information about the world and expect readers to remember every detail. Not this book. The author was very careful to only explain things when it was about to become immediately relevant to the story. I know it's the bare minimum, but it was really well done.
Secondly, the plot was FANTASTIC! Each scene was so well-developed that I was never bored, even if the scene was just establishing. The plot twists were set up so that it was unexpected but not completely illogical (because some authors think that's required??)
But there is one reason I'm not giving it five stars. The characters and their interactions. Delta, I would say, is the one exception to this upcoming rant, but she's also the main character. These characters are FLAT. Even though they could be incredibly interesting. Asher? Reed? The Prime? Harlie? Literally any character that's on the page for more than a chapter needed WAYYY more development. Because of how flat the characters were, the spoken dialogue was pretty dull at times as well.