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yoongisverytired 's review for:
Winterkeep
by Kristin Cashore
I don't even know where to start with this review. I guess I'll start with the things I did like about it:
1. Much like "Fire", getting to know this new world and its characters was a nice break from the Seven Kingdoms/Nations and their characters. I thought there was a good balance of content from Lovisa's world and Bitterblue's world.
2. The character development across the board was slower than I would've liked it to be, but I particularly liked Lovisa's journey and Bitterblue and Giddon finally becoming a couple.
Now the things I didn't like:
1. The whole Keeper thing... At a certain point, the underwater world started giving me Finding Nemo vibes (I'm so sorry to Cashore - I know that's probably not what she intended), and the Keeper also reminded me of Sadness from the movie Inside Out. Once I thought those things, I couldn't un-think them so it was very distracting. (This was definitely a personal problem.)
2. Similar to the third book, this one was much too long for how much action it lacked. About halfway in, I felt bored and simply obligated to finish the book. I know there was a LOT going on with all the different plot points and characters so maybe that had something to do with the slow progress, but it was still too slow for me.
I'm probably forgetting to mention other thoughts (both good and bad) I had while reading it, but this is the gist of how I felt about it. Overall, I was a bit disappointed with it considering I had higher expectations for this than I did for Bitterblue, and this is the most recently published book in the series. I read somewhere that the fifth book is going to revolve around Hava. I do plan on reading it when it's published, but I don't know what to expect. I just hope it moves faster than the third and fourth books.
1. Much like "Fire", getting to know this new world and its characters was a nice break from the Seven Kingdoms/Nations and their characters. I thought there was a good balance of content from Lovisa's world and Bitterblue's world.
2. The character development across the board was slower than I would've liked it to be, but I particularly liked Lovisa's journey and Bitterblue and Giddon finally becoming a couple.
Now the things I didn't like:
1. The whole Keeper thing... At a certain point, the underwater world started giving me Finding Nemo vibes (I'm so sorry to Cashore - I know that's probably not what she intended), and the Keeper also reminded me of Sadness from the movie Inside Out. Once I thought those things, I couldn't un-think them so it was very distracting. (This was definitely a personal problem.)
2. Similar to the third book, this one was much too long for how much action it lacked. About halfway in, I felt bored and simply obligated to finish the book. I know there was a LOT going on with all the different plot points and characters so maybe that had something to do with the slow progress, but it was still too slow for me.
I'm probably forgetting to mention other thoughts (both good and bad) I had while reading it, but this is the gist of how I felt about it. Overall, I was a bit disappointed with it considering I had higher expectations for this than I did for Bitterblue, and this is the most recently published book in the series. I read somewhere that the fifth book is going to revolve around Hava. I do plan on reading it when it's published, but I don't know what to expect. I just hope it moves faster than the third and fourth books.