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A review by kalliste
Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver
2.0
I'll start this by saying that I'm not typically a fan of fantasy fiction. So, maybe that's why I didn't enjoy this book much.
I found Sohmeng frustrating and annoying and then she blamed it all on her name/time of birth. She'a a Par so she is rude and direct and stubborn! She is confronted about it, but she is also the narrator of the book, so we are in her head the entire time, which is a long time when it's a character you aren't liking.
There is a lot of praise for the world-building, but I found some of it difficult to imagine. I know the Saoni were reptilian but I still can't quite picture their size or shape. Are they lizard like? Frog? I don't know. Just they have scales and claws and big mouths. I also can't really picture Sohmeng in my mind.
Then there is the discussion on how gender is handled and I found it pretty clunky. Some things aren't explained well and when using 'they/them' pronouns for a character the writing sometimes made it confusing who/what was being discussed.
It ends incredibly abruptly as well, and even though the ending implies I'll find out more in book two, I'm not really willing to give any more of my time to this world.
I found Sohmeng frustrating and annoying and then she blamed it all on her name/time of birth. She'a a Par so she is rude and direct and stubborn! She is confronted about it, but she is also the narrator of the book, so we are in her head the entire time, which is a long time when it's a character you aren't liking.
There is a lot of praise for the world-building, but I found some of it difficult to imagine. I know the Saoni were reptilian but I still can't quite picture their size or shape. Are they lizard like? Frog? I don't know. Just they have scales and claws and big mouths. I also can't really picture Sohmeng in my mind.
Then there is the discussion on how gender is handled and I found it pretty clunky. Some things aren't explained well and when using 'they/them' pronouns for a character the writing sometimes made it confusing who/what was being discussed.
It ends incredibly abruptly as well, and even though the ending implies I'll find out more in book two, I'm not really willing to give any more of my time to this world.