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A review by breedawnwriter
Final Chance by E.B. Roshan
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.75
Overall, this was a fun read. I was confused at times, and there were some things I didn’t love, but it had some good suspense that kept me intrigued.
What I liked:
- The suspense and tension. The suspense of this story is what kept me reading and turning the pages (electronically).
- Sanjit. He was a really intense villain, and I rather enjoyed his brutality.
- Rama and Preen’s flashback scenes. I’m always a sucker for the scenes that show us how a couple fell in love. Rama was sometimes stupid, but he still loved her, and that really showed in the flashback scenes.
What I didn’t like:
- Rama’s Death. Everything in the story was building toward Preen and Rama’s reconciliation, so for him to just die…it felt like nothing the story had been building toward even mattered. I could understand why the author might choose to kill this character, but the ending didn’t clarify why the death mattered to Preen’s character growth.
- The implication that Preen was going to marry her cousin and how everyone was just okay with that. It felt unnecessary, since the story wouldn’t have been affected if Kiva was just a family friend instead.
- Some of the dialogue. There was a fair amount of dialogue that felt unnatural or forced. This is just my opinion, but it did pull me out of the story sometimes because it felt like the characters wouldn’t have really said certain lines.
What confused me:
- The war between the Sevians and the Turs. I couldn’t remember what they were fighting over or why they hated each other.
I gave this book 2.75 stars because it felt like it wasn’t finished. I wanted more resolution between Preen and Rama… a bigger sense of Preen’s character growth as a result of her journey…and maybe an epilogue that showed her learning how to live – really live – after her second chance.
Content warning: Death, violence, blood, injury/injury detail, gun violence, war, attempted trafficking, and mentions of torture.
*I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.*
What I liked:
- The suspense and tension. The suspense of this story is what kept me reading and turning the pages (electronically).
- Sanjit. He was a really intense villain, and I rather enjoyed his brutality.
- Rama and Preen’s flashback scenes. I’m always a sucker for the scenes that show us how a couple fell in love. Rama was sometimes stupid, but he still loved her, and that really showed in the flashback scenes.
What I didn’t like:
- The implication that Preen was going to marry her cousin and how everyone was just okay with that. It felt unnecessary, since the story wouldn’t have been affected if Kiva was just a family friend instead.
- Some of the dialogue. There was a fair amount of dialogue that felt unnatural or forced. This is just my opinion, but it did pull me out of the story sometimes because it felt like the characters wouldn’t have really said certain lines.
What confused me:
- The war between the Sevians and the Turs. I couldn’t remember what they were fighting over or why they hated each other.
I gave this book 2.75 stars because it felt like it wasn’t finished. I wanted
Content warning: Death, violence, blood, injury/injury detail, gun violence, war, attempted trafficking, and mentions of torture.
*I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.*
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence
Moderate: Violence and War
Minor: Trafficking, Pregnancy, Torture, and Incest