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A review by ashley_mrose530
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
I did really like this one, but I felt like it started off kind of slow. I feel like most of the really interesting stuff happened in the last quarter of the book. Like the back part of the book was really good and paced well and had interesting world building, but the first three-quarters of the book was so slow and didn't really keep my interest as well as I would have liked.
The first portion of the book is basically setting up the plot only. We get to know the characters a little bit but we don't really feel their relationship to each other because that all developed in the past. It almost felt like this was supposed to be a sequel, if we were strictly looking at the relationship development and character building. It was really hard for me to see why they cared about each other so much but hadn't talked in years.
But once we got to the island where they met up with the villain was when things started to pick up a little bit more and then it just kept growing. I really liked the magical element to this world and how Amina was just trying to retire and got roped into this whole new world instead. And I do think the last portion of this book makes up for the first part being so slow.
It looks like this one is going to be a series and I'm really excited to see where it goes from here and how Amina deals with all of the change that happened in this book.
The first portion of the book is basically setting up the plot only. We get to know the characters a little bit but we don't really feel their relationship to each other because that all developed in the past. It almost felt like this was supposed to be a sequel, if we were strictly looking at the relationship development and character building. It was really hard for me to see why they cared about each other so much but hadn't talked in years.
But once we got to the island where they met up with the villain was when things started to pick up a little bit more and then it just kept growing. I really liked the magical element to this world and how Amina was just trying to retire and got roped into this whole new world instead. And I do think the last portion of this book makes up for the first part being so slow.
It looks like this one is going to be a series and I'm really excited to see where it goes from here and how Amina deals with all of the change that happened in this book.