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A review by nikkitewes
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I appreciate Netgalley and TorPublishing for this ARC. In this novella we follow Dymitr, a Knight of the Holy Order. He is supposed to hunt and kill monsters that live among people. This novella really centers around Dymitr's internal struggle with the morality of what he is doing. I really enjoyed these characters and the way this wrapped everything up in the end.
I wish this was longer. I feel like you were just dropped into a story half way through. It had me very confused in the first couple of chapters. I also felt like it switched point of views. In the beginning, I thought this was going to be told by the creature with the flower in it's eye, but wound up being from the knight's point of view. I found the world building kind of clunky. Part of the story takes place in Poland, the majority of it takes place in Chicago, and the beginning of it seems to take place in some kind of magical forest area. I almost wish this had been longer and either been a full blown fantasy, or an urban fantasy.
I wish this was longer. I feel like you were just dropped into a story half way through. It had me very confused in the first couple of chapters. I also felt like it switched point of views. In the beginning, I thought this was going to be told by the creature with the flower in it's eye, but wound up being from the knight's point of view. I found the world building kind of clunky. Part of the story takes place in Poland, the majority of it takes place in Chicago, and the beginning of it seems to take place in some kind of magical forest area. I almost wish this had been longer and either been a full blown fantasy, or an urban fantasy.