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fyoosha 's review for:
The Sin in the Steel
by Ryan Van Loan
There could possibly be a lot to like here, but I just don't think this book is for me. It's a lot of nonstop action and fighting scenes, and I just...don't like that. By the end I found myself skimming.
I did enjoy Buc, though - she's pretty much Alexander Hamilton (the musical version) in that she's brilliant but rash and unlikable and overbearing, which made for a pretty interesting character. It was exhausting being in her head, though; there was just something off about the narration that made it difficult to understand what was going on in her head, or what was happening with the plot. I think I would have liked this book a lot more if it had been told from another POV.
And that's my main issue - I don't know if I'm just groggy these days or what, but I struggled to follow along with much of the worldbuilding and the mystery. It felt like a lot of stuff happened at random or very coincidentally and none of the characters' motivations really made sense to me. Buc herself has such lofty desires (she wants to...take over the world and change it, basically) that they mean absolutely nothing at all, practically speaking, and it made it hard to take her (or Eld) seriously. So, when I got to the end, it felt like I was still waiting for something to be explained to me, and there was little to no payoff.
Still, there were some portions that were entertaining and there was a certain quality to the story that kept me reading, so it's a 2.5 stars from me, but I won't be continuing with the series.
I did enjoy Buc, though - she's pretty much Alexander Hamilton (the musical version) in that she's brilliant but rash and unlikable and overbearing, which made for a pretty interesting character. It was exhausting being in her head, though; there was just something off about the narration that made it difficult to understand what was going on in her head, or what was happening with the plot. I think I would have liked this book a lot more if it had been told from another POV.
And that's my main issue - I don't know if I'm just groggy these days or what, but I struggled to follow along with much of the worldbuilding and the mystery. It felt like a lot of stuff happened at random or very coincidentally and none of the characters' motivations really made sense to me. Buc herself has such lofty desires (she wants to...take over the world and change it, basically) that they mean absolutely nothing at all, practically speaking, and it made it hard to take her (or Eld) seriously. So, when I got to the end, it felt like I was still waiting for something to be explained to me, and there was little to no payoff.
Still, there were some portions that were entertaining and there was a certain quality to the story that kept me reading, so it's a 2.5 stars from me, but I won't be continuing with the series.