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A review by thiccandired
Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah
3.0
3.0 / 5.0
Monsters Born and Made is a dystopian fantasy of human kind on another planet, where a caste system of society designates people into jobs and prevents movement between social tiers. It is Hunger Games meets The Scorpio Races and a heavy dose of colonial oppression. And it just ends?
I had read the book while listening to the audio, and the narrator on the audiobook doesn’t pace their reading in a way I enjoy listening too. I stopped listening after about 30% and read the remainder of the book. It’s good, descriptive but leaves enough open to the imagination that you don’t feel forced into a perspective. I was a little lost on some of the politics, I thought it was moving well enough that more would be explained later, but then it wraps quickly and just ends?
It is a satisfying ending until it’s not, and I am already looking forward to Berwah’s next book, but I am uncertain if it’s the sequel to this or a new character all together. Overall, this is very well paced, the world building is strong and has room for more depth, the characters could use some work (they are rather one note), and the plot is engaging until it’s not, because it just ends…
Until Next Time,
MC
Monsters Born and Made is a dystopian fantasy of human kind on another planet, where a caste system of society designates people into jobs and prevents movement between social tiers. It is Hunger Games meets The Scorpio Races and a heavy dose of colonial oppression. And it just ends?
I had read the book while listening to the audio, and the narrator on the audiobook doesn’t pace their reading in a way I enjoy listening too. I stopped listening after about 30% and read the remainder of the book. It’s good, descriptive but leaves enough open to the imagination that you don’t feel forced into a perspective. I was a little lost on some of the politics, I thought it was moving well enough that more would be explained later, but then it wraps quickly and just ends?
It is a satisfying ending until it’s not, and I am already looking forward to Berwah’s next book, but I am uncertain if it’s the sequel to this or a new character all together. Overall, this is very well paced, the world building is strong and has room for more depth, the characters could use some work (they are rather one note), and the plot is engaging until it’s not, because it just ends…
Until Next Time,
MC