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dani_bugz 's review for:
Spinning Starlight
by R.C. Lewis
Actual rating 3.5
Unfortunately, Spinning Starlight just didn't live up to the wonderfulness that was Stir hing snow. Nevertheless, it was an incredibly entertaining, enjoyable, cute read which I absolutely couldn't put down!
Liddy was a fabulous, deep character who really struggled to find where she fit in her family of geniuses. She is clever, thoughtful, and cute as! Plus I really enjoyed reading her internal monologue. I also loved reading about Tiav who, though definitely a 2d character, was super sweet. The brothers were also cute and I loved the beginnings of the worldbuilding! Of course the writing style was engaging as ever, and from page 1 I felt like I was coming home - if that even makes sense! These things were all great and lead to an enjoyable read, but they just fell short of the admittedly high mark set by Stitching Snow.
First off, I hated all the names. I mean I get it, I'm a fantasy reader too and sci-fi/fantasy books have weird names, but when nearly every single name is completely unusual and stupidly long, I get a bit put off. Secondly, the 'science' was never fully explained and the explanations we did get were rushed and went straight over my head. Apart from the MC the characters were a bit useless and not essential to the plot. I would have loved to have learned more about Soon, Tiav, the brothers, Kal, and he doctor, but all we got was liddy. Really the book could have used a good 100-150 extra pages to flesh it all out!
I would still 100% re commend it, but just go in with lower expectations and expecting pure sci-fi fluff.
No warnings
Age: 11+
Unfortunately, Spinning Starlight just didn't live up to the wonderfulness that was Stir hing snow. Nevertheless, it was an incredibly entertaining, enjoyable, cute read which I absolutely couldn't put down!
Liddy was a fabulous, deep character who really struggled to find where she fit in her family of geniuses. She is clever, thoughtful, and cute as! Plus I really enjoyed reading her internal monologue. I also loved reading about Tiav who, though definitely a 2d character, was super sweet. The brothers were also cute and I loved the beginnings of the worldbuilding! Of course the writing style was engaging as ever, and from page 1 I felt like I was coming home - if that even makes sense! These things were all great and lead to an enjoyable read, but they just fell short of the admittedly high mark set by Stitching Snow.
First off, I hated all the names. I mean I get it, I'm a fantasy reader too and sci-fi/fantasy books have weird names, but when nearly every single name is completely unusual and stupidly long, I get a bit put off. Secondly, the 'science' was never fully explained and the explanations we did get were rushed and went straight over my head. Apart from the MC the characters were a bit useless and not essential to the plot. I would have loved to have learned more about Soon, Tiav, the brothers, Kal, and he doctor, but all we got was liddy. Really the book could have used a good 100-150 extra pages to flesh it all out!
I would still 100% re commend it, but just go in with lower expectations and expecting pure sci-fi fluff.
No warnings
Age: 11+