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A review by c_ab_bage
Warcross by Marie Lu
3.0
this books was… not what i thought it’d be, i guess. i certainly enjoyed it, and i do plan on reading the sequel, i just found that i had certain expectations in place going into the book that were wildly wrong, and that’s more my own fault than anything!
even without those expectations, though, this book was lacking in many places and proper characterization is the one most annoying to me. i read books primarily for characters, secondarily for the plot, and this book 100% prioritized things the other way around. i felt like i barely even knew our main character aside from explicit call outs on her behavior and that really ruins my experience with a book :(
all in all, i found it to still be an intriguing and attention capturing book, even if it relied heavily on its concept and world building for those qualities. and there are definitely people out there who would adore this book, i’m especially thinking of fans of fast paced plot!
(edit: i actually take that back, from what i’ve seen the sequel is worse and i am not going to try and force myself through that lmao)
even without those expectations, though, this book was lacking in many places and proper characterization is the one most annoying to me. i read books primarily for characters, secondarily for the plot, and this book 100% prioritized things the other way around. i felt like i barely even knew our main character aside from explicit call outs on her behavior and that really ruins my experience with a book :(
all in all, i found it to still be an intriguing and attention capturing book, even if it relied heavily on its concept and world building for those qualities. and there are definitely people out there who would adore this book, i’m especially thinking of fans of fast paced plot!
(edit: i actually take that back, from what i’ve seen the sequel is worse and i am not going to try and force myself through that lmao)