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A zrodí se píseň by Lenka Kapsová, Samantha Shannon

6 reviews

chasinggrace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

The best book in this series by far. However - that does not mean it does not have its faults.

First of all: for an “author’s preferred text,” this was riddled with grammatical errors. Missing punctuation was rampant, there were repeated lines, missed indentations…I was floored by the lack of fine tuned editing, and disappointed for the author. Imagine going through a whole reprint a decade after publishing a book, just for there to be at least a dozen editing errors. Anyway.

Paige fucking infuriated me throughout this book. For the first 150 pages, I was BEGGING anyone else to be the FMC. Her decision-making was asinine, her communication was horrendous, and being inside her brain was miserable. Did she redeem herself by the end? Yes, and thank God, or else I don’t know if I could continue with this series.

And don’t even get me fucking started on the Paige/Warden dynamic in this book. I wanted to throw this novel off a cliff every time they interacted.

The political intrigue reached its peak in this story. I loved following the gang as they traversed Great Britain, and I’m truly excited to follow “Flora” to France.

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ceruleanshelves's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

‘If anyone has any other ideas, let’s hear them.’
‘Burn it down?’ Maria said hopefully.
This was what I got for trying to build an army out of criminals.

so far this was the fastest, shortest, and most action packed of the series. the reveal in the beginning was crazyyyyy 🤯 and this was such a ride with more twists and turns. i'm starting to understand why the fandom always jokes paige can't catch a break 😭

‘You’re not a born killer.’
‘Killers can be made.’

She was adamant that any organisation that labelled one group of people as evil would eventually do the same to others. That to treat any one person as less than human was to cheapen the very substance of humanity.

(Might as well die with caffeine in my veins.)

i can barely focus on writing a review for this bc all i can think about is immediately starting the next book. all the details in this and new turns to the story are solidifying samantha shannon as one of my fav new authors of 2024 (and ever).

i'm truly awed by her ability to not only tackle the complicated machinations of military and politics in this dystopian plotline, but the worldbuilding of fantasy (rephs and clairvoyants) with such meticulous details, and throw in real life influences and histories of countries, cultures, language, etc.

i'm so hyped for book 4 🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️

When you dream of change, it shines bright, like fire, and burns away all the rot that came before it. It’s swift and inexorable. You cry for justice, and justice is done. The world stands with you in your fight. But if there was one thing I had learned in these last few weeks, it was that change had never been that simple. That kind of revolution existed only in daydreams.

The only way to survive is to believe you always will.

‘Someone once told me we were all puppets; that I should know who was holding my strings. Right now, I don’t think I have any idea.’
‘We all have our strings,’ Warden said. ‘A dreamwalker should know better than most that all strings can be cut.’

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