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A review by sabrinav625
Deification by Brooklynn Dean
5.0
Torrence lives in our world, but the skies have opened up and angels have descended upon Earth.
But is the end of our world the start of another?
This grim, short story grabs the indecency of the human spirit and runs with it. Torrence is a very interesting character, dripping with strength and violence both. Her goals are easy to understand, and her methods to achieve them will make you shudder.
Dean unpacks what parts of the human mind are driven towards chaos, to harm done, to violence. The way that people use others as a means to an end. In a semi-apocalyptic world, a lawless world, how far would those already without morals go to achieve their goals? This book takes a very raw approach to this, inspecting evil on every level.
The balance, however, is also there - the opposite side of it is War. A character with a set of morals quite opposite of Torrence’s. The way the two characters are drawn to each other was very well written. I wanted to explore it more, to understand it more, though what we are given is certainly satisfying. War had a lot of internal conflict that showed he could be swayed by human intricacies; it was this that set War apart from the other characters.
There were some instances where, due to the smoothness of the writing, I was unsure if what I was reading was past or present. Also to note, there were some moments where I couldn’t exactly picture the scene how it was intended to be visualized.
Torrence is one of those characters where you will struggle to know exactly how to feel about her. She’s layers of complexity. Her deeds are wicked and evil, and then her determined goals to achieve power are admirable. Her steady self-awareness and slight changing of goals without it ever being blatantly stated was perfectly done.
I was given an ARC of Deification in exchange for a review.
4.5 Stars
But is the end of our world the start of another?
This grim, short story grabs the indecency of the human spirit and runs with it. Torrence is a very interesting character, dripping with strength and violence both. Her goals are easy to understand, and her methods to achieve them will make you shudder.
Dean unpacks what parts of the human mind are driven towards chaos, to harm done, to violence. The way that people use others as a means to an end. In a semi-apocalyptic world, a lawless world, how far would those already without morals go to achieve their goals? This book takes a very raw approach to this, inspecting evil on every level.
The balance, however, is also there - the opposite side of it is War. A character with a set of morals quite opposite of Torrence’s. The way the two characters are drawn to each other was very well written. I wanted to explore it more, to understand it more, though what we are given is certainly satisfying. War had a lot of internal conflict that showed he could be swayed by human intricacies; it was this that set War apart from the other characters.
There were some instances where, due to the smoothness of the writing, I was unsure if what I was reading was past or present. Also to note, there were some moments where I couldn’t exactly picture the scene how it was intended to be visualized.
Torrence is one of those characters where you will struggle to know exactly how to feel about her. She’s layers of complexity. Her deeds are wicked and evil, and then her determined goals to achieve power are admirable. Her steady self-awareness and slight changing of goals without it ever being blatantly stated was perfectly done.
I was given an ARC of Deification in exchange for a review.
4.5 Stars