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milointhewoods 's review for:
The Bone Shard Daughter
by Andrea Stewart
i don’t have a problem with this book, i just feel a little bit underwhelmed with all the five star reviews. the characters were interesting but i didn’t truly connect to any of them, and i think that the short chapters and constant POV switches meant that i didn’t relate or grow close enough to any of them to care about them.
also some of this seemed a bit strange tonally - like some of the dialogue was very YA and the first person POV often had elements of YA themes but it was generally an adult book which i found a bit confusing and there were some vague plot holes.
i also would have liked a lot more delving into the history and backstory and world building of this universe - which seemed fascinating but was only vaguely referenced. i enjoyed the magic system too - i thought that it was really well constructed and very interesting.
all in all - it was fine. i appreciated the representation of poc and queer characters but it could have been better
also some of this seemed a bit strange tonally - like some of the dialogue was very YA and the first person POV often had elements of YA themes but it was generally an adult book which i found a bit confusing and there were some vague plot holes.
i also would have liked a lot more delving into the history and backstory and world building of this universe - which seemed fascinating but was only vaguely referenced. i enjoyed the magic system too - i thought that it was really well constructed and very interesting.
all in all - it was fine. i appreciated the representation of poc and queer characters but it could have been better