Reviews

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

sbhumphreys's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

There’s a lot of body horror in this book. Honestly, if I’d checked my CW’s, I wouldn’t have read it. BUT I’m glad I did. While the body horror was really bad for me at times, I’m glad I stuck it out. 

The humor in this book is not really my sense of humor, but again, I’m glad I stuck it out. It’s really well written, funny, and touching. 

I read this on audio book, and it’s very well narrated. All around, I would recommend this book (assuming you can deal with how grotesque it it at times, it really doesn’t pull any punches). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body horror

joshuacaps's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

geoffagain's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

bookishcori's review against another edition

I was bored. 

verisverisveris's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Okay, but not great. It felt a bit repetitive and somewhat aimless. I didn't love the writing style, either. Too many similes, too frequently. Maybe it's because I'm aphantasic, but it would've been better with fewer descriptions. 

archiegitdog's review against another edition

2.0

Unfortunately this just didnt work for me. I got into 8 chapters and had to give up...sorry!!

zippywafflebuns's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

brivanarsdale's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

the_dungeoneer's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

radina's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-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? No

3.0

I think this is objectively a great book, but I didn't love reading it. I did enjoy a lot of the writing style - ST's voice is hilarious and fresh and there are a lot of clever lines and laugh-out-loud phrasings. The initial mystery of what's going on is also intriguing. However, I'm not a big fan of zombie stories, and especially what happens to the humans near the end I found very unpleasant. I also don't love the way

Dennis' death

happened - it felt so stupid!! That might be the point but it just didn't land for me. Plot points aside, I also often got bored with the long, meandering descriptive paragraphs with very florid prose. So while I think this was objectively a pretty good book, it really wasn't for me.