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A review by cygny
Cyber Mage by Saad Z. Hossain
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I listened to this in audio book, narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi. It didn't take me long to get used to the narration, which I quite liked. It was fun to go into this book without having seen it before among any of my book friends.
I loved the world building in this book. Most of the main characters were developed enough, although I might loved reading a bit more about a few characters (Djebril, Indebhel - excuse me if I misspel names, audio isn't that good for that). The mix of sci-fi, fantasy and mythology was really well done to me, but I did miss some more personal interactions between certain characters. The ending also felt somewhat rushed, something was missing and we really don't have any idea what happened to certain characters at the end. I'm kind of hoping to have a sequel of this someday.
I'm absolutely sure I missed stuff, having read this in audio. It will definitely go on the I-want-to-reread-a-physical-copy-someday list (which I now totally put among my shelves).
All in all, I enjoyed reading this, there were a lot of chuckle moments and references to pop cultures and I'm a total sucker for those. I'm going to check out more books by this author and probably in narration since I saw it's the same narrator for those too.
I loved the world building in this book. Most of the main characters were developed enough, although I might loved reading a bit more about a few characters (Djebril, Indebhel - excuse me if I misspel names, audio isn't that good for that). The mix of sci-fi, fantasy and mythology was really well done to me, but I did miss some more personal interactions between certain characters. The ending also felt somewhat rushed, something was missing and we really don't have any idea what happened to certain characters at the end. I'm kind of hoping to have a sequel of this someday.
I'm absolutely sure I missed stuff, having read this in audio. It will definitely go on the I-want-to-reread-a-physical-copy-someday list (which I now totally put among my shelves).
All in all, I enjoyed reading this, there were a lot of chuckle moments and references to pop cultures and I'm a total sucker for those. I'm going to check out more books by this author and probably in narration since I saw it's the same narrator for those too.