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Immortal Longings
by Chloe Gong
Dense. Needlessly convoluted but also incredibly simple all at the same time. I could be describing the city San-Er or this book overall. It's hard to care about anything or anyone in this when everyone is entirely shallow and flat.
The Hunger Games works so well because the games as a critique on society had something to say. You are absolutely anchored into Katniss, the revolutionary who never even meant to be one. Here? The games are set dressing amongst so, so SO many sets to dress. I feel like the city was described over and over again in almost the same exact way each time. The critique is generic. The revolution is idealistic and juvenile. And sure, some of the characters comment on it, but nothing really happens with that. Especially when you factor the ending into it.
Then you get into the "romance" of it all and it feels like it came out of nowhere, but you're just like "Yeah okay this might as well happen" because it just about screams for that exact kind of shipping to take place.
I was intrigued by the reveal, that did take me by surprise! And then I was utterly confused by how the ending even happened. Intrigued? Yes. Interested to continue reading the series? Nah. I'll just look up what's all this then, because if psuedo-toxic yaoi between a power hungry prince and his bodyguard are very marginally more intriguing than the actual leads, there's a problem there.
The Hunger Games works so well because the games as a critique on society had something to say. You are absolutely anchored into Katniss, the revolutionary who never even meant to be one. Here? The games are set dressing amongst so, so SO many sets to dress. I feel like the city was described over and over again in almost the same exact way each time. The critique is generic. The revolution is idealistic and juvenile. And sure, some of the characters comment on it, but nothing really happens with that. Especially when you factor the ending into it.
Then you get into the "romance" of it all and it feels like it came out of nowhere, but you're just like "Yeah okay this might as well happen" because it just about screams for that exact kind of shipping to take place.
I was intrigued by the reveal, that did take me by surprise! And then I was utterly confused by how the ending even happened. Intrigued? Yes. Interested to continue reading the series? Nah. I'll just look up what's all this then, because if psuedo-toxic yaoi between a power hungry prince and his bodyguard are very marginally more intriguing than the actual leads, there's a problem there.