Reviews

Driftwood by Marie Brennan

bookslikegranola's review

3.25

A quick and fun book, but I did want more answers. 

 

Driftwood is a patchwork realm composed of fragments of worlds that survived their particular apocalypse. Last is a man who seemingly won’t die, even as his world was long consumed by Driftwood. The book largely is composed of people telling stories about Last, which were fun and well done, but as the most significant anomaly in this odd realm, I was really hoping for more answers about the fundamental nature of what is going on. If the book hadn’t focused so intently on Last, I would have been more satisfying with the slice-of-life vibe, bit it didn’t quite work for me. 

 

Lightly recommended if you want a quick fantasy with fun vibes were characters rapidly traveling through miniature worlds were magic is different.

lunaquarius's review

reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

jvilches's review

challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced

3.5

syntheticmage's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.75

cdonegan's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

auora1484's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

peregrine's review

3.0

It was... fine? This was an interesting, melancholy universe, and I liked the exploration of how different people react to their world (literally) slowly disintegrating under them. But the writing didn't blow me away, and I didn't find Last a compelling enough character to build the whole story around.

pxo289's review

hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.75

sandstar's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

scunareader's review

3.0

Odd little thing. Not sure I understand more than 40% of it but it was interesting. Giving it 3 for sheer creativity