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Mirrored Heavens
by Rebecca Roanhorse
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I thoroughly enjoyed Mirrored Heavens as a conclusion to the Between Earth and Sky trilogy. Roanhorse handles some really interesting themes and concepts in this series, and in a lot of ways, I think this book concludes those well.
This series follows a handful of characters who have been touched by the gods, and their demise is fully determined by their own ambition. Amidst their determination, many of them are struggling with moral convictions that they may or may not have made. Roanhorse explores these concepts in a really nuanced ways, and I very much appreciate how the characters compare and contrast with one another.
There were a few areas where I think this book falls short, and the ending is the most prominent for me. It was all very clean and tidy in some respects and rather untold in others. I was able to forgive the poor ending in the first book because it was clearly setting up the series, but I am a bit more disappointed to find that the final installment of the series fumbled on the ending.
The pacing of this book struggled in the same way that the first book did–there’s a lot of build up, then all of a sudden, the action has passed and the book is over. I found it bit anticlimactic, and I’m not entirely sure if that was the intended effect.
Zataya’s role in this story is confusing to me–she shows up here as an agent of the Coyote god, but I’m really not sure what purpose she’s serving for the narrative outside of a plot device. Coyote clan’s ending both poses and answers some questions, but Zataya herself shows up multiple times through this series without much purpose.
Roanhorse has a real talent for writing–her prose is beautiful, and half the joy of this book is the line-by-line mechanics of the storytelling. I would definitely read additional works on the sole basis of her writing.
Overall, despite the complaints outlined, Mirrored Heavens was a remarkable read, and I’m very pleased to have invested time into this series. I would absolutely recommend it.
This series follows a handful of characters who have been touched by the gods, and their demise is fully determined by their own ambition. Amidst their determination, many of them are struggling with moral convictions that they may or may not have made. Roanhorse explores these concepts in a really nuanced ways, and I very much appreciate how the characters compare and contrast with one another.
There were a few areas where I think this book falls short, and the ending is the most prominent for me. It was all very clean and tidy in some respects and rather untold in others. I was able to forgive the poor ending in the first book because it was clearly setting up the series, but I am a bit more disappointed to find that the final installment of the series fumbled on the ending.
The pacing of this book struggled in the same way that the first book did–there’s a lot of build up, then all of a sudden, the action has passed and the book is over. I found it bit anticlimactic, and I’m not entirely sure if that was the intended effect.
Zataya’s role in this story is confusing to me–she shows up here as an agent of the Coyote god, but I’m really not sure what purpose she’s serving for the narrative outside of a plot device. Coyote clan’s ending both poses and answers some questions, but Zataya herself shows up multiple times through this series without much purpose.
Roanhorse has a real talent for writing–her prose is beautiful, and half the joy of this book is the line-by-line mechanics of the storytelling. I would definitely read additional works on the sole basis of her writing.
Overall, despite the complaints outlined, Mirrored Heavens was a remarkable read, and I’m very pleased to have invested time into this series. I would absolutely recommend it.