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A review by zoec24
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Not amazing-definitely a YA ending-but still good. The main thing I found weird was the worldbuilding:
No one has ever tried to assassinate the queens before? Really?
Queenly Law is also so weird it seems to have been included for the sole purpose of highlighting the problems with the monarchy.
Also, I don't get the quadrants. I get how Archia, for instance, happens-it's an island, so there are it's borders, it's great agriculturally(main export) and that plus isolation leads to it's culture. Eonia and Toria I can kind of get- the cultures and main exports are there for logical reasons, although the borders are arbitrary, but how did you get to the point where Ludia cant produce food but has this huge culture of entertainment-how did that happen?
My main problem is that I had so many problems with Queenly Law and the divided quadrants that I could have read this book from the villian's perspective with minor changes to the motives and the villian being a morally grey protagonist.
No one has ever tried to assassinate the queens before? Really?
Queenly Law is also so weird it seems to have been included for the sole purpose of highlighting the problems with the monarchy.
Also, I don't get the quadrants. I get how Archia, for instance, happens-it's an island, so there are it's borders, it's great agriculturally(main export) and that plus isolation leads to it's culture. Eonia and Toria I can kind of get- the cultures and main exports are there for logical reasons, although the borders are arbitrary, but how did you get to the point where Ludia cant produce food but has this huge culture of entertainment-how did that happen?
My main problem is that I had so many problems with Queenly Law and the divided quadrants that I could have read this book from the villian's perspective with minor changes to the motives and the villian being a morally grey protagonist.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Blood