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A review by fihli
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
2.0
2.5 stars
I don't really get the hype around Skyward. The story is pretty standard for YA and done a thousand times before, with a hot-headed main character that has it hard because of some ill-belief about a parent but that manages to prove themselves despite the odds stacked against them. Insert twists and turns that are as predictable as about any of the big plot-points (the main character's lowest point immediately before the climax, for example) and a way too convenient exposition-dump in the epilogue, that also functions as set-up for the next book in the series, and you get a mediocre/ generic/ formulaic book with writing that carries a lot of it and shows how competent the author actually is, mediocrity and predictability or not.
Also: what's up with the weird insistence on the main character being tiny and blushing constantly? That's borderline r/menwritingwomen material.
I don't really get the hype around Skyward. The story is pretty standard for YA and done a thousand times before, with a hot-headed main character that has it hard because of some ill-belief about a parent but that manages to prove themselves despite the odds stacked against them. Insert twists and turns that are as predictable as about any of the big plot-points (the main character's lowest point immediately before the climax, for example) and a way too convenient exposition-dump in the epilogue, that also functions as set-up for the next book in the series, and you get a mediocre/ generic/ formulaic book with writing that carries a lot of it and shows how competent the author actually is, mediocrity and predictability or not.
Also: what's up with the weird insistence on the main character being tiny and blushing constantly? That's borderline r/menwritingwomen material.