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kim3100's review
5.0
I received this book as an ARC and I really enjoyed. I loved the fact that medicine is so advanced that electronics is used. Next to it was written beautifully
sagek's review against another edition
4.0
*I won the ebook version of this in a LibraryThing giveaway.
**This will also be posted on Booklikes and Coffee & Books.
Broken People follows Dale and his quest to complete this mysterious mission of utter importance. Along the way, whilst he and his partner Cole wait for the right day to strike, complications arise and both are thrust into the world of The Golden Lady and The Nightingale Circus.
What I love about Broken People is how most of the characters, if not all, are human but not at the same time. The title describes them perfectly. They're broken people, made of flesh and bone and add in a little metal and they're no longer complete. It's all so normal to them, though, having to go in every once in a while to change their parts or make adjustments. It's fascinating. Especially how Rake and Spinner can do practically everything. What they did to Cole was both tragic and brilliant simultaneously.
And while you find yourself not exactly liking Dale at first, seeing as he seems rather selfish and cold in the beginning, you can't help but like him and maybe even love him by the time the book is at its end. The Golden Lady and him, their interactions always made me smile because I could just tell from the beginning what would transpire between the two. However, while you knew it was coming and knew it to be true in the way they act towards each other, there was never really much explained or done to have made their feelings change. They were business partners, and then they care and haven't really acted any differently. I just would have preferred more between them, to explain why they decided to have feelings for the other. Other then that, that characters are great.
The writing is great too. It flows well and the circus was well described, with its inner workings and how it's controlled. I loved the magic element and the acts and just how well it was described. I could visualize most, if not all that was happening and it was fascinating. I also love the action. I mean, who doesn't?
But anyway, I really enjoyed reading Broken People, and I recommend this to all you lovers of magic, action, romance, and broken people [see what I did there? d:].
**This will also be posted on Booklikes and Coffee & Books.
Broken People follows Dale and his quest to complete this mysterious mission of utter importance. Along the way, whilst he and his partner Cole wait for the right day to strike, complications arise and both are thrust into the world of The Golden Lady and The Nightingale Circus.
What I love about Broken People is how most of the characters, if not all, are human but not at the same time. The title describes them perfectly. They're broken people, made of flesh and bone and add in a little metal and they're no longer complete. It's all so normal to them, though, having to go in every once in a while to change their parts or make adjustments. It's fascinating. Especially how Rake and Spinner can do practically everything. What they did to Cole was both tragic and brilliant simultaneously.
And while you find yourself not exactly liking Dale at first, seeing as he seems rather selfish and cold in the beginning, you can't help but like him and maybe even love him by the time the book is at its end. The Golden Lady and him, their interactions always made me smile because I could just tell from the beginning what would transpire between the two. However, while you knew it was coming and knew it to be true in the way they act towards each other, there was never really much explained or done to have made their feelings change. They were business partners, and then they care and haven't really acted any differently. I just would have preferred more between them, to explain why they decided to have feelings for the other. Other then that, that characters are great.
The writing is great too. It flows well and the circus was well described, with its inner workings and how it's controlled. I loved the magic element and the acts and just how well it was described. I could visualize most, if not all that was happening and it was fascinating. I also love the action. I mean, who doesn't?
But anyway, I really enjoyed reading Broken People, and I recommend this to all you lovers of magic, action, romance, and broken people [see what I did there? d:].
spinesinaline's review
3.0
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So glad I got to revisit the circus! I really enjoyed the prequel of this series so I was looking forward to getting back into it. I didn't remember everything from the first story so things slowly came together. It seemed like new information was also slowly delivered, so it was difficult at first to really understand the context of the story and what everyone's motives were. Some things also felt like they could have benefited from more description because all the pieces didn't seem to fit together perfectly.
I love the nomadic lifestyle this circus crew leads, and having their own compartments on the train just sounds so fun! Spinner and Rake are definitely two of my fave characters - always up for a challenge, sometimes cuz they're too stubborn to say no! Though I really feel for Anya, the ballerina. She's probably the saddest character though she hides it well, feeling out of place and ridiculed in her circus performance.
This series centres around cool tech and I was impressed by how many new inventions were introduced in this book, especially the masks! Very cool though maybe a little dangerous. We also get a little more insight into some of the characters who weren't as large a focus in the prequel, and who seem to be getting set up for further development in the coming books (I'm looking at you, Robot Girl!).
But as for what I didn't like, there are several female characters in this book, and many as leads, but there wasn't a single one who didn't have their body described in some way - and always from a male POV as the perspective changed throughout the book. I didn't find it necessary to constantly have the male characters size up these women, or even have mentions of how they didn't size them up while also describing their bodies in detail at the same time.
So glad I got to revisit the circus! I really enjoyed the prequel of this series so I was looking forward to getting back into it. I didn't remember everything from the first story so things slowly came together. It seemed like new information was also slowly delivered, so it was difficult at first to really understand the context of the story and what everyone's motives were. Some things also felt like they could have benefited from more description because all the pieces didn't seem to fit together perfectly.
I love the nomadic lifestyle this circus crew leads, and having their own compartments on the train just sounds so fun! Spinner and Rake are definitely two of my fave characters - always up for a challenge, sometimes cuz they're too stubborn to say no! Though I really feel for Anya, the ballerina. She's probably the saddest character though she hides it well, feeling out of place and ridiculed in her circus performance.
This series centres around cool tech and I was impressed by how many new inventions were introduced in this book, especially the masks! Very cool though maybe a little dangerous. We also get a little more insight into some of the characters who weren't as large a focus in the prequel, and who seem to be getting set up for further development in the coming books (I'm looking at you, Robot Girl!).
But as for what I didn't like, there are several female characters in this book, and many as leads, but there wasn't a single one who didn't have their body described in some way - and always from a male POV as the perspective changed throughout the book. I didn't find it necessary to constantly have the male characters size up these women, or even have mentions of how they didn't size them up while also describing their bodies in detail at the same time.
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