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A review by analenegrace
Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This was a fairly well-done YA fantasy with well-done LGBTQIA+ characters (gay, trans, bisexual, unlabeled), but its magic system was incredibly confusing and hard to follow at times. This made the actual plot hard to follow.
Talbot's characters were interesting and complicated characters who felt well-developed, and as a disabled reader, I thought the disability rep was good with a character who dealt with his limitations and succeeded but wasn't magically fixed and didn't just "get over it" like some disabled book characters tend to do.
Talbot's characters were interesting and complicated characters who felt well-developed, and as a disabled reader, I thought the disability rep was good with a character who dealt with his limitations and succeeded but wasn't magically fixed and didn't just "get over it" like some disabled book characters tend to do.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma