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A review by azuoliukas_wordpress_com
Rogue by Alex Schuler, Kevin Weir
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
I won this book on The StoryGraph giveaway.
It started so well i thought i found a rare gem in the sea of mediocre self published novels. Thus my disappointment was even bigger when from a slow paced, low stakes, well written interpersonal drama there was an abrupt switch to a bloody gore etc at around 20%. I wanted to dnf every time Baboon with a gun was speaking, but eventually I learned to skip those pages. Later I started to skip all action scenes as well. Lots of stress, plenty of meaningless deaths, no progress in the story or the main mystery.
But eventually I did finish even though I didn't like the ending at all.
If I had to compare to another book that would be "Wool". Similar writing quality, similar character development, similar stakes and resolution.
I could ramble on but that would be of no use to anyone.
It started so well i thought i found a rare gem in the sea of mediocre self published novels. Thus my disappointment was even bigger when from a slow paced, low stakes, well written interpersonal drama there was an abrupt switch to a bloody gore etc at around 20%. I wanted to dnf every time Baboon with a gun was speaking, but eventually I learned to skip those pages. Later I started to skip all action scenes as well. Lots of stress, plenty of meaningless deaths, no progress in the story or the main mystery.
But eventually I did finish even though I didn't like the ending at all.
If I had to compare to another book that would be "Wool". Similar writing quality, similar character development, similar stakes and resolution.
I could ramble on but that would be of no use to anyone.