emilywemily6 's review for:

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

3.0

hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was just... fine. I wanted a lot more from it. The mystery wasn't super engaging or gripping, the romance was heavy on the characters having a history but not much going on in the present, and the world-building wasn't super thought out. There was a lot of potential in this novella but I think this would have been better as a full length novel to give more time to all those components. One thing I really didn't like was how inept these characters came across, I just rolled my eyes so much at their internal thoughts. I also feel like the mystery didn't have a lot of interesting details going on so there were no hints or crumbs for the reader to find. In general, I just had a hard time caring because this book was so middle of the road.