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A review by charlieswrittenadventures
Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-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? No
5.0
All the stars for this book! I absolutely loved it.
The characters were wonderfully diverse (different skin tones, queer characters, disabled characters...), loveable (for the most part) and their interactions felt so believable.
The mystery was really good as well. There were some twists and I couldn't guess who did it and especially why but now looking back, I can see that all the clues were there. The author did not make the narrator hold back information from the reader to add more mystery, no, it was all right there!
Also, the humour was on point. I rarely actually laugh out loud while reading, but this book did manage to make me laugh a couple of times.
And the very first paragraph of the book might be one of my favourite openings to a book.
I loved this book. It was so good, such a fun time!
Small "warning" for people who like to be released into the action on page 2 already: this is high fantasy and I felt it started off a bit slow because of world-building but I also think that this information in the beginning was important to know. And the main character's humour and attitude made this part very entertaining too.
The characters were wonderfully diverse (different skin tones, queer characters, disabled characters...), loveable (for the most part) and their interactions felt so believable.
The mystery was really good as well. There were some twists and I couldn't guess who did it and especially why but now looking back, I can see that all the clues were there. The author did not make the narrator hold back information from the reader to add more mystery, no, it was all right there!
Also, the humour was on point. I rarely actually laugh out loud while reading, but this book did manage to make me laugh a couple of times.
And the very first paragraph of the book might be one of my favourite openings to a book.
I loved this book. It was so good, such a fun time!
Small "warning" for people who like to be released into the action on page 2 already: this is high fantasy and I felt it started off a bit slow because of world-building but I also think that this information in the beginning was important to know. And the main character's humour and attitude made this part very entertaining too.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood