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A review by lindsaygp_reads
Heavenbreaker by Sara Wolf
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I started this audiobook feeling really pumped because you’re pretty immediately thrown into the action and the brutality of a post “true” AI war, sci-fi, spaceship world.
But beyond that first chapter or so, the world seems to kind of zip by, and I frequently got a lost in who things are happening to and at what point they are happening in the timeline as the story and POV jumps around with little to no warning.
I enjoyed the idea of “getting lost in the spirals” sickness and how the public doesn’t know <spoilers>the riders are using their enemies nerve fluid to continue their sporting event, also the using every bit of the rider even when brain dead is straight up horrifying and I hate it.
I think my biggest issue is that our FMC only wants one thing… well, 2 things: she wants to bring down her father’s house and she wants to die. But because the Synalli wants nothing and no one, it makes her nearly impossible to relate to. She spends just about the whole story refusing connection, refusing kindness, and just generally wishing she was dead which is fine for a starting point, but gets old pretty quick.
I will say, I liked the ending and it did have me actually screaming “what the f***?!” As I was not expecting the cliffhanger—I thought and kind of wished that they would have actually had her die, become part of the mech system, and then worked from the behind with the next rider— but her surviving and being captured by the higher government is still an interesting move.
A very different book than what I’m used to, this is so NOT a romance, what little romantic moments there are were pretty flimsily built, but it was mostly enjoyabme. Kind of slow, pretty disjointed, but I’m glad I finished it.
But beyond that first chapter or so, the world seems to kind of zip by, and I frequently got a lost in who things are happening to and at what point they are happening in the timeline as the story and POV jumps around with little to no warning.
I enjoyed the idea of “getting lost in the spirals” sickness and how the public doesn’t know <spoilers>the riders are using their enemies nerve fluid to continue their sporting event, also the using every bit of the rider even when brain dead is straight up horrifying and I hate it.
I think my biggest issue is that our FMC only wants one thing… well, 2 things: she wants to bring down her father’s house and she wants to die. But because the Synalli wants nothing and no one, it makes her nearly impossible to relate to. She spends just about the whole story refusing connection, refusing kindness, and just generally wishing she was dead which is fine for a starting point, but gets old pretty quick.
I will say, I liked the ending and it did have me actually screaming “what the f***?!” As I was not expecting the cliffhanger—
A very different book than what I’m used to, this is so NOT a romance, what little romantic moments there are were pretty flimsily built, but it was mostly enjoyabme. Kind of slow, pretty disjointed, but I’m glad I finished it.