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A review by sinamile
The Pariah by Anthony Ryan
2.0
CW/TW at end of review
For a while this book was sitting at 2 stars because I had no idea what was happening and the whole time I kept thinking "why do I care?", then it was at 3 stars for a little but because things did get interesting for a second, but then I read the last page and it went back to 2 stars because I still had no idea wtf was going on. I was disappointed.
For some reason I felt like the synopsis oversold itself and when you actually read the book it doesn't fit in how you expect it to. I wish I loved the characters more, but I don't. They're all kind of boring and sometimes I'd feel like my one brain cell is missing information and it probably was becuase there were points where I didn't even care if I was missing the point becuase this book didn't give me enough reason to care. Whoops.
I wish I could love this, but I do not. No character was able to save the book, and the one character I sort of liked got killed off, so I really didn't care by the end.
CW/TW: graphic description of gore, graphic description of violence, graphic description of death, beheading, murder, death, knives/knife violence, sword/sword violence, stabbing, graphic description of bodily harm, graphic description of wounds, animal death, graphic animal death, vomiting, zealotism, religious bigotry, slut shaming slurs, ableism, ableist slurs, sex work shaming, recreational drinking, recreational drug use, child death, war, blood/blood loss, attempted sexual assault/rape, imprisonment, torture, physical & emotional abuse, child abuse, child neglect, emotional abandonment, bullying, assault, fire, sexual harassment, threats of rape, pedophilia, slavery, police brutality (soldiers), PTSD, sea sickness, mention of infidelity, classism, class bigotry
For a while this book was sitting at 2 stars because I had no idea what was happening and the whole time I kept thinking "why do I care?", then it was at 3 stars for a little but because things did get interesting for a second, but then I read the last page and it went back to 2 stars because I still had no idea wtf was going on. I was disappointed.
For some reason I felt like the synopsis oversold itself and when you actually read the book it doesn't fit in how you expect it to. I wish I loved the characters more, but I don't. They're all kind of boring and sometimes I'd feel like my one brain cell is missing information and it probably was becuase there were points where I didn't even care if I was missing the point becuase this book didn't give me enough reason to care. Whoops.
I wish I could love this, but I do not. No character was able to save the book, and the one character I sort of liked got killed off, so I really didn't care by the end.
CW/TW: graphic description of gore, graphic description of violence, graphic description of death, beheading, murder, death, knives/knife violence, sword/sword violence, stabbing, graphic description of bodily harm, graphic description of wounds, animal death, graphic animal death, vomiting, zealotism, religious bigotry, slut shaming slurs, ableism, ableist slurs, sex work shaming, recreational drinking, recreational drug use, child death, war, blood/blood loss, attempted sexual assault/rape, imprisonment, torture, physical & emotional abuse, child abuse, child neglect, emotional abandonment, bullying, assault, fire, sexual harassment, threats of rape, pedophilia, slavery, police brutality (soldiers), PTSD, sea sickness, mention of infidelity, classism, class bigotry