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fireopal's review against another edition
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide
Moderate: Gore, Torture, Abortion, Pregnancy, and War
catriona99674's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This one is quite difficult to rate. In many ways I enjoyed this book, the plot was engaging, I enjoyed some of the characters journeys a lot.
However I have two main issues with this book.
1. The author, many times throughout the book tries to create suspense by withholding information from the audience that is known by POV characters. I find this kind of writing lazy and it makes the suspense and emotions feel fake because what you thought was happening never was, and it just cheapened a lot of the key emotional beats of the book. I won't get into the specifics because of spoilers but it happens quite a few times.
2. The writing of the female characters. None of them were handled well, again I won't go into specifics because of spoilers but it really detracted from the book.
However I have two main issues with this book.
1. The author, many times throughout the book tries to create suspense by withholding information from the audience that is known by POV characters. I find this kind of writing lazy and it makes the suspense and emotions feel fake because what you thought was happening never was, and it just cheapened a lot of the key emotional beats of the book. I won't get into the specifics because of spoilers but it happens quite a few times.
2. The writing of the female characters. None of them were handled well, again I won't go into specifics because of spoilers but it really detracted from the book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
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