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A review by captainoliimar
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
A reread of a favourite of mine in preperation of reading the sequel. I loved reading it again and understanding things in a new way.
The plot is fast and hits hard but didn't make me feel lost. It took just enough time to slow down and explain things without losing that tense atmosphere. The authors also managed to sprinkle in enough comedy to prevent everything feeling hopeless.
I really enjoyed the different cultures and customs. It felt rich and deep and full of life. Each custom or saying felt well thought out and realistic. It also didn't feel to me at least like they were reskinned racist stereotypes, like some sci-fi media has a bad habit of doing (my beloved Star Wars I'm sideyeing you hard here).
I can understand people finding the different POVs overwhelming and confusing but I disagree. Each felt unique enough that I didn't get confused about who's POV I was reading and I think seeing things from each character's perspective helped me understand them as a person and their conflicts. My personal favourite was Zila. I enjoyed her short little chapters.
I felt that theromance was really sweet and I enjoyed Kal's angst about not wanting to make Auri feel pressured while totally missing that Auri has the hots for him.
The ending washeartbreaking. Knowing it was coming was worse, and I found myself hoping that somehow it would turn out different, despite knowing that can't happen.
This is a book that I will definitely be rereading and annotating heavily, especially once I am done with the entire series.
The voice cast were excellent and I loved their attempts at Cat's accent, I will definitely need to listen to the next book with the same voice actors at some point.
C - 10/10
A - 10/10
W - 10/10
P - 9/10
I - 10/10
L - 9/10
E - 10/10
The plot is fast and hits hard but didn't make me feel lost. It took just enough time to slow down and explain things without losing that tense atmosphere. The authors also managed to sprinkle in enough comedy to prevent everything feeling hopeless.
I really enjoyed the different cultures and customs. It felt rich and deep and full of life. Each custom or saying felt well thought out and realistic. It also didn't feel to me at least like they were reskinned racist stereotypes, like some sci-fi media has a bad habit of doing (my beloved Star Wars I'm sideyeing you hard here).
I can understand people finding the different POVs overwhelming and confusing but I disagree. Each felt unique enough that I didn't get confused about who's POV I was reading and I think seeing things from each character's perspective helped me understand them as a person and their conflicts. My personal favourite was Zila. I enjoyed her short little chapters.
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This is a book that I will definitely be rereading and annotating heavily, especially once I am done with the entire series.
The voice cast were excellent and I loved their attempts at Cat's accent, I will definitely need to listen to the next book with the same voice actors at some point.
C - 10/10
A - 10/10
W - 10/10
P - 9/10
I - 10/10
L - 9/10
E - 10/10