A review by natcrash
The Oracle Year by Charles Soule

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

To be honest, this is not a revolutionary book, but I still loved it. The characters are kind of stereotypical and flat and sometimes I felt like the book lacked substance. I wanted to know more of Leigh.  She seemed too surface-level. I wanted to feel how vastly different the characters were when I switched POVs. I wanted them to be more deep (again, stereotypical).

But did I enjoy reading it? Yes, I loved it. 

The ending was kind of unsatisfactory, I wanted to see more of

Will getting out of the whole mess. Apart from being secluded, I felt like he was left too unscathed. I was left wanting to see more of Hamza and Miko. Like, how were they after the whole situation? Also, what happened to the Florida Ladies (apart from going on the down low)? I felt like there needed to be a scene (or scenes) where Will spoke to the rest of the characters or found out what happened to the rest of them. AND HIS MOM. SHE WAS SO WORRIED.

  Like, so many unanswered questions. 

But, despite the flaws, I enjoyed it. You can tell the author used to do comics from the writing. Nice to get out of a reading slump.