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A review by eshurricane
Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I rated this 4 instead of 5 stars specifically for the audiobook, not the book itself. I absolutely loved this story, and both narrators are very solid and skilled, but I didn't like a few of the choices with the narration.
The book is dual POV, which means that one narrator covered Sona's chapters, and one did Eris'. I preferred Eris' narrator for Sona's voice, I felt like she did a better job of the half-robot sounding voice. Sona's narrator is great and would have loved her in any other book, but Sona's inner monologue was so intense and emotional and didn't have the same flavour that I think the writing itself was trying to convey. Had I read this with my eyes instead of my ears I would have imagined Sona's voice more like the other narrator read it.
I also found both narrators were a lot more intense and serious than they needed to be in some scenes. Some of the more playful and tender scenes were read in the same tone with the same urgency as the dramatic action scenes and felt far less romantic than I think they could have been. I'm still going to listen to the second one in audio because I have access to it through the library but I'll definitely be coming back to this duology in ebook or paper because the writing is incredible.
I love the narrative style and how Sona's POV chapters are written. I can see how beautiful it was intended to be and think it would easily be a five star read on paper. So I don't recommend the audiobook, but I do recommend the book itself! And I'd like to listen to these narrators doing other books, because they are both very good, just not for this book.
The book is dual POV, which means that one narrator covered Sona's chapters, and one did Eris'. I preferred Eris' narrator for Sona's voice, I felt like she did a better job of the half-robot sounding voice. Sona's narrator is great and would have loved her in any other book, but Sona's inner monologue was so intense and emotional and didn't have the same flavour that I think the writing itself was trying to convey. Had I read this with my eyes instead of my ears I would have imagined Sona's voice more like the other narrator read it.
I also found both narrators were a lot more intense and serious than they needed to be in some scenes. Some of the more playful and tender scenes were read in the same tone with the same urgency as the dramatic action scenes and felt far less romantic than I think they could have been. I'm still going to listen to the second one in audio because I have access to it through the library but I'll definitely be coming back to this duology in ebook or paper because the writing is incredible.
I love the narrative style and how Sona's POV chapters are written. I can see how beautiful it was intended to be and think it would easily be a five star read on paper. So I don't recommend the audiobook, but I do recommend the book itself! And I'd like to listen to these narrators doing other books, because they are both very good, just not for this book.