booking_along's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
it’s too slow with too many character point of views, that are too often switched with no real reason as to eat it’s switched so often and at the point the switches happen, with too short chapters to make all of that actually work well.
there are things happening in the book, but most of it drags until the last few chapter to actually get somewhere and most of it wasn’t done overly well either, in my opinion.
it certainly suffers from middle book syndrome, the story has ti be dragged out and stretched to its maximum capacity to get as many books out of plot that could and should have been written at the most in two books but could have easily been told in one bigger book.
at least that’s how i feel after reading this book. maybe the next two books will change my mind completely on that, but just this book felt basically unnecessary, sadly.
there are things happening in the book, but most of it drags until the last few chapter to actually get somewhere and most of it wasn’t done overly well either, in my opinion.
it certainly suffers from middle book syndrome, the story has ti be dragged out and stretched to its maximum capacity to get as many books out of plot that could and should have been written at the most in two books but could have easily been told in one bigger book.
at least that’s how i feel after reading this book. maybe the next two books will change my mind completely on that, but just this book felt basically unnecessary, sadly.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Torture, Child abuse, Gore, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Slavery, and War
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