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rachel_menard 's review for:
Stormdancer
by Jay Kristoff
Yokiko and her father set off in search of the arashitora (griffin) by the command of the Shogun Yoritomo-no-miya. When their airship is destroyed, Yokiko and the arashitora are stranded on a cursed island where they bond and become part of a growing revolution against Shogun and his poisonous crop of Blood Lotus that is strangling the nation.
I'm finding it kind of hard to review this book because there were things I loved (I mean it's a dystopian steampunk Japanese fantasy for crissakes!) and things that were not-so-much (insta-crush with too much talk about his green eyes) But in general, I liked it. More than just like-like.
My biggest complaint was the overwriting. It is especially bad in the beginning, bad enough that I had to read lines twice just to figure out that it was cloudy, which is why it took me almost a month to finish this book. However, the intense and detailed descriptions is what, I think, made this one of the best-crafted dystopian worlds I have ever encountered. I also liked the premise, that the world had been poisoned by a substance used for fuel and drugs.
Yukiko, as a character, was inconsistent. Sometimes I really liked her. Sometimes I wanted to slap her. It was really only her relationship with Buruu that connected me to her. But one thing I really liked about Stormdancer was Kristoff's bravery in putting his characters into peril. Sometimes that's hard to do to your beloved creations, but it made for a really nail-biting ending.
I'm finding it kind of hard to review this book because there were things I loved (I mean it's a dystopian steampunk Japanese fantasy for crissakes!) and things that were not-so-much (insta-crush with too much talk about his green eyes) But in general, I liked it. More than just like-like.
My biggest complaint was the overwriting. It is especially bad in the beginning, bad enough that I had to read lines twice just to figure out that it was cloudy, which is why it took me almost a month to finish this book. However, the intense and detailed descriptions is what, I think, made this one of the best-crafted dystopian worlds I have ever encountered. I also liked the premise, that the world had been poisoned by a substance used for fuel and drugs.
Yukiko, as a character, was inconsistent. Sometimes I really liked her. Sometimes I wanted to slap her. It was really only her relationship with Buruu that connected me to her. But one thing I really liked about Stormdancer was Kristoff's bravery in putting his characters into peril. Sometimes that's hard to do to your beloved creations, but it made for a really nail-biting ending.