A review by bookreadgirl21
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

3.0

A good book with an interesting premise but it felt a bit formulaic at times and wished it had more fleshed out characters. The main character in particular seems just to be filling the role of the "vengenance driven protagonist who eventually must confront his past to win against the enemy" without any other depths. The book is really compact, every scene drives the overarching plot foreward but it also felt a bit too familiar for my taste (medias res fight introducing the main crew and the gist of the conflict, introducing allies and loved ones, introducing the enemies, crippling loss, plead for help, final conflict). On the other hand the book left me wanting more despite its short length and shallow protagonist. I really enjoyed the notations providing additional information about the shouts and the open ending leaves me hoping for possible sequel with a more in-depth story.