Reviews

Assassin of Reality by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

ladykelsier's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

pushp0p's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

antoniathearcane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Slightly more comprehensible than book 1. Just as wild. Would recommend

kristasorocks's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

eekoeblintz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Overall, a strong conclusion to the narrative. I prefer the first book but I wasn’t disappointed.

Read if you…

• Read the first book and liked it 
• Are looking for some answers 

Skip if you… 

• Really struggled with the writing style or pacing in the first book (it’s pretty similar here) 

You should probably read it. You’re already invested, right? 😉

How I remember it…
I found a lot of this book very enjoyable to read. The pacing and writing style felt similar to the first book. However, this book maintains a more consistent plot-driven narrative than the first. I liked the humanizing character development and relationships. I missed the twisted dark academia feeling from book 1 in the series. Overall a satisfying ending to this arch. 

If I leant a friend this book…
I’d probably tell them that I didn’t enjoy this as much as the first book but that I thought it was worth the read and that the conclusion was satisfying. 

sophie_hamer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

cyndqls's review against another edition

4.0

this picks up where vita nostra leaves off, and while i did really like this, i also felt that it was missing something that made me adore vita nostra. it's still an extremely interesting read and sequel, and i look forward to re-reading it, because there's definitely a lot to chew on here.

asuchane's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.0

mabs's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

eulrch's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.25