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antoinenene 's review for:
The Swan Riders
by Erin Bow
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was not sure how to feel about the first book. The second book confirmed that i did not like where the story was going.
Let's start with the love triangle. She made a decision at the end of the last book. She loved one person in particular... Well, this person never appears again, only as a small cameo in a letter. It did not make me happy.
Again, the world they live in should not exist, they should fight against the dictator and change it. Instead, she kind of become friends with that dictator. That dictator becomes a better person. Ok, nice change from the common rebellion. But... Did it change anything? What's the moral of the story, ally yourself with powerful dictators?
Also, the AI have access to all the data in the world, with so many skills... And yet, underwhelmingly weak and out of resources. It did not make sense to me.
Last thing, i do not like the fusion of 2 personnalities. Personal taste, i never feel like it's working, and i feel like i lost 2 characters to make a new one...
To summarize, t's a dystopia where the main character is not a rebel of any sort and become part of the AI dictators. There's a love triangle where Greta chose the one person she did not spend a lot of time with, and won't ever.
Let's start with the love triangle. She made a decision at the end of the last book. She loved one person in particular... Well, this person never appears again, only as a small cameo in a letter. It did not make me happy.
Again, the world they live in should not exist, they should fight against the dictator and change it. Instead, she kind of become friends with that dictator. That dictator becomes a better person. Ok, nice change from the common rebellion. But... Did it change anything? What's the moral of the story, ally yourself with powerful dictators?
Also, the AI have access to all the data in the world, with so many skills... And yet, underwhelmingly weak and out of resources. It did not make sense to me.
To summarize, t's a dystopia where the main character is not a rebel of any sort and become part of the AI dictators. There's a love triangle where Greta chose the one person she did not spend a lot of time with, and won't ever.