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the_midwest_library 's review for:
And the Sky Bled
by S. Hati
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is a hard review to write efficiently. There are a lot of really interesting concepts in this book. But frankly, for me, each element of the book was a bit unpolished. The genre (climate fiction) provides a wonderful backdrop for a social/economic metaphor. But the theming felt heavy handed.
The world is really creative: magic rain provides a synthetic type "element" which is the backbone for the economic/political/technological systems. However, because the world is so busy and the book relies on telling not showing, I found the worldbuilding required you to suspend a lot of disbelief.
But the biggest issue I had was that the writing was sophomoric and unrefined. I almost feel like this falls between age demographics a bit weirdly. The characters are not young per se but they act very immature at times.
It's a shame because there is a lot to like about this but it just didn't feel like s6 complete story to me.
The world is really creative: magic rain provides a synthetic type "element" which is the backbone for the economic/political/technological systems. However, because the world is so busy and the book relies on telling not showing, I found the worldbuilding required you to suspend a lot of disbelief.
But the biggest issue I had was that the writing was sophomoric and unrefined. I almost feel like this falls between age demographics a bit weirdly. The characters are not young per se but they act very immature at times.
It's a shame because there is a lot to like about this but it just didn't feel like s6 complete story to me.