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A review by apireading
Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed
3.0
I’ve heard so many great things about this series I was a bit nervous to dive into it. Overall, I had a good time but not as much as expected.
First, it was too long. Really long. I don’t mind a slow pace if it serves the characters or the introduction of a new universe, but I feel I got neither of those. I couldn’t really capture the essence of the main characters because their decisions seem odd and coming from out of nowhere. Yrica Quell was the worst because we have to wait so long to have something coherent from her. As a reader, I rather enjoy a character fully pictured in order to get me into the story. For her, I started to appreciate her part in the last 100 pages. In the opposite, the character of Nath and Wyl were the most likeable because I could understand their motivation and purpose.
A bit too introductive for me, the plot really started to make sense to me in the last 30% of it. Nonetheless, there is many action scenes and I was easy to read.
rep: bi mc.
tw: death, grief, fire, explosion.
First, it was too long. Really long. I don’t mind a slow pace if it serves the characters or the introduction of a new universe, but I feel I got neither of those. I couldn’t really capture the essence of the main characters because their decisions seem odd and coming from out of nowhere. Yrica Quell was the worst because we have to wait so long to have something coherent from her. As a reader, I rather enjoy a character fully pictured in order to get me into the story. For her, I started to appreciate her part in the last 100 pages. In the opposite, the character of Nath and Wyl were the most likeable because I could understand their motivation and purpose.
A bit too introductive for me, the plot really started to make sense to me in the last 30% of it. Nonetheless, there is many action scenes and I was easy to read.
rep: bi mc.
tw: death, grief, fire, explosion.