A review by brandypainter
Phoenix by SF Said

4.0

I absolutely could not put this book down. It pulled me in and kept me hooked until the very end. It's a sci-fi adventure that starts off with a bang and keeps on going at high speed. There are high stakes and a mystery about identity and choices running underneath all of the action. There are also some really great themes about war and how we treat others. The prose and the illustrations are equally beautiful and their presentation is well thought out and majestic. I am still trying to fully parse my feelings about the end though. There were parts of the resolution that felt rushed and left me not fully satisfied. Added to that are some personal issues regarding the mythos of the book I have due to my Christian beliefs. (I am able to separate that from this as a work of art and see it on its own merits, but it hampered my full personal enjoyment. Just a couple things being different this would have been a five star read for me.)