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A review by roshans
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Okay so Queen of Attolia
The writing still just isn’t doing it for me. I don’t know why but it just seem so.... impersonal? I’m finding it really hard to get invested in either the plot or the characters. Weirdly the character I care most about is Gen’s father who’s barely there. I’ve kind of just accepted the slow starts but I was kind of expecting more of an adventure story than a political/kind-of-love-story because you know, the first one was??? Idk
Definitely not feeling the romance at all, do people even ship this, does it get better?? I mean it has potential but at this point it sort of just feels like it came out of nowhere for both of them. I know the author loves twists and stuff but she really should have hinted at the whole crush thing. Also the whole spying on her for years is really creepy
I do however like the Eddis and Gen friendship. Also the doctor and Gen friendship too.
Uhhh not much else to say about this book other than I’m still not sure how I feel about the series. I’ll read King of Attolia, but I have a feeling I’m going to end up dnfing this series it’s really just not doing it for me
Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, and Medical trauma