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cognitivesloth's Reviews (48)
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
STOP COMPARING UR WORK TO THE POPPY WAR and then being a bad book. why do all these characters have white names if this is a desi based fantasy yawnnnnnn plus the worldbuilding is just not it and i never got attached to these characters.....to be fair this is a first draft tho which is why its a 2 rn....maybe if i read the phoenix king ill like this more ill circle back esp since i love the authors tiktoks/she seems so nice....
great coming of age novel with sapphic romance so cute and enjoyable loved it
this was boring...did not feel for the characters at all so i stopped
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hate when authors compare their works to the tpw and then their books horribly disappoint me...hard read too much telling and not showing and every character sounded the same so idgaf about them sorry....
nothing happens and its overly philosophical and pretentious....finished it but did not enjoy at all...
objectively this book has so many problems (literally the whole character of monique and the way evelyn's race was discussed...ms taylor is definetly a white woman and reading this u can definetly tell! she cant write about poc for her dear life). subjectively speaking tho...the story is so captivating and u just cant put it down....overall enjoyable read but we can (and should) be hyping authors who write actually diverse stories....
reader mood: wow i havent stubbed my toe in 10 weeks! i was then shot 57 times....
loveee that the world is based on indigenous myth but didnt find myself getting attached to the story/characters 🙁
idk if i outgrew marie lu or if marie lu just plays it safe nowadays cause wdym u wrote LEGEND and THE YOUNG ELITES but also somehow come out with the most tropey snoozefest sci fi??? how does this happen....
why did this book have to be so poorly written and why did the author make so many infuriating decisions....i wanted to like the magical fantasy sapphic novel but we cant have nice things :(