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A review by wilde_book_garden
Night Spinner by Addie Thorley
3.0
Eh. I was hoping to like this a lot more.
The characters didn't do a lot for me, although the dynamics between Enebish and Temujin, and Enebish and Ghoa, were sometimes interesting. Also I really didn't care about Serik at all. He's one of those characters that is really important for plot reasons and for the MC making certain decisions but he was such a boring and underdeveloped character.
The magic was not very well-developed or interesting (though admittedly, I didn't care about any of the night spinning scenes so maybe I wouldn't have wanted it to be more fleshed out anyway!)
And mostly, I was just bored. The story didn't grip me. Some parts of the ending did surprise me, although weirdly I think I would have hated the ending if I had enjoyed the rest of the book more?
The setting seemed to be inspired by Mongolia but that was never said anywhere in the author's note or the marketing, which I found odd.
This is one of those "it was okay" kind of books. I wouldn't dissuade people from trying it if it sounds interesting to them, but I'm not gonna be shouting about it from the rooftops either.
*I received a free ARC from Goodreads in exchange for an honest review.
CW: Ableism (some internalized), abuse, starvation, religious intolerance
The characters didn't do a lot for me, although the dynamics between Enebish and Temujin, and Enebish and Ghoa, were sometimes interesting. Also I really didn't care about Serik at all. He's one of those characters that is really important for plot reasons and for the MC making certain decisions but he was such a boring and underdeveloped character.
The magic was not very well-developed or interesting (though admittedly, I didn't care about any of the night spinning scenes so maybe I wouldn't have wanted it to be more fleshed out anyway!)
And mostly, I was just bored. The story didn't grip me. Some parts of the ending did surprise me, although weirdly I think I would have hated the ending if I had enjoyed the rest of the book more?
The setting seemed to be inspired by Mongolia but that was never said anywhere in the author's note or the marketing, which I found odd.
This is one of those "it was okay" kind of books. I wouldn't dissuade people from trying it if it sounds interesting to them, but I'm not gonna be shouting about it from the rooftops either.
*I received a free ARC from Goodreads in exchange for an honest review.
CW: Ableism (some internalized), abuse, starvation, religious intolerance