A review by janiceinwonderland
Steelstriker by Marie Lu

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

while i didn’t agree with it at first, i came to enjoy the split narrative between talin and red. i think red needed a little more personality, but it was novel to get things from his perspective.
plus, the pacing toward their storylines converging was done well enough for me
 

the pacing toward the ending and the ending itself was also satisfying.
it’s nice to actually get to keep your core characters alive in the end and i loved that talin told her colonizers that it wasn’t her job to undo their harmful actions. queen behavior right there
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