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A review by boredvsick
Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
did I enjoyed reading it? yes.
is it a good book? no. not at all.
it's basically plotless and what little plot we have, it has ridiculous resolution.
The story should be about 7 characters but let's be real, It's Fox's story. The others are there, as a treat, but no real reason.
For the first time, I wished for all the couples to not end up together.
Cal and Mayra are basically already together and in love but we see so little of them that honestly, why? yes, lovey-dovey, but I felt nothing.
Cal is really useless which I find irritating. He was added between some scenes (as if saying, yes, he is here) but did nothing. He had a great concept and so did Mayra (an angel and a reaper having swapping personality? nice) but were wasted.
Vi and Tom had a great start, and so did Isis, but they're all basically forgotten around page 200 and thrown there just to remind us that they're still present. What's the point of their endgame?
Brandt and Fox had a great tragic story but all the crap about forgiveness just to have them back together was not it. Fox should be alone, living his mortal life and not depending on a man who gambled it. wtf. t o x i c.
Brandt? blund. not for me.
All the villains and side characters were ridiculous, a parody and i find it irritating. Wtf is with Death? Raphael and Gabriel? fuck them.
Volos had the capacity of losing in about 30 seconds and all that trouble to have Isis be like "Wait, I can just stop him with a snap of finger".
There was so much that could have been done but in the end, it was disappointing. The author doesn't know how to handle more than 1 character and wrote a confusing book till, idk, page 270? bah.
is it a good book? no. not at all.
it's basically plotless and what little plot we have, it has ridiculous resolution.
The story should be about 7 characters but let's be real, It's Fox's story. The others are there, as a treat, but no real reason.
For the first time, I wished for all the couples to not end up together.
Cal and Mayra are basically already together and in love but we see so little of them that honestly, why? yes, lovey-dovey, but I felt nothing.
Cal is really useless which I find irritating. He was added between some scenes (as if saying, yes, he is here) but did nothing. He had a great concept and so did Mayra (an angel and a reaper having swapping personality? nice) but were wasted.
Vi and Tom had a great start, and so did Isis, but they're all basically forgotten around page 200 and thrown there just to remind us that they're still present. What's the point of their endgame?
Brandt and Fox had a great tragic story but all the crap about forgiveness just to have them back together was not it. Fox should be alone, living his mortal life and not depending on a man who gambled it. wtf. t o x i c.
Brandt? blund. not for me.
All the villains and side characters were ridiculous, a parody and i find it irritating. Wtf is with Death? Raphael and Gabriel? fuck them.
Volos had the capacity of losing in about 30 seconds and all that trouble to have Isis be like "Wait, I can just stop him with a snap of finger".
There was so much that could have been done but in the end, it was disappointing. The author doesn't know how to handle more than 1 character and wrote a confusing book till, idk, page 270? bah.