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slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.0
That was a lot of monologues. The book did not work for me, mainly because I don't think the adaptation to the book format actually works. The book alternates chapters following the characters with chapters of random people who met Unute during his life. These seem more like a character study of Unute, but, in my opinion, diluted the book.
To be honest, after reading the genius Wildseed series by Octavia Butler, I feel that any book on inmortality and humanity will pale in comparison. I am very aware that both books aim for something different, but I was really bored and felt that characters and the authors were talking at each other and me rather than telling a story. I also found the domestic abuse take in this book really abhorrent.
To be honest, after reading the genius Wildseed series by Octavia Butler, I feel that any book on inmortality and humanity will pale in comparison. I am very aware that both books aim for something different, but I was really bored and felt that characters and the authors were talking at each other and me rather than telling a story. I also found the domestic abuse take in this book really abhorrent.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and War
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape