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A review by aneges
The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Really hard for me to review this book, on many elements it was great: quite original with unique concepts and after the first few chapters, which were a bit hard to get into, I wanted to know how it ended and were able to read it fast.
There are various deeper themes beneath the story and we explore them through the lenses of the two MCs that are married and are having problems in their relationship.
The various themes and the mysteries about the history of this society and how can they use it to find a new way to survive for me were the best part of the story, it's probably what kept me going even when I had some trouble and was tempted to DNF.
The main problem for me were the two MCs, I did not care too much about them and from what we've seen I don't think that they are good for each other and their opinion about each other changes too often and too abruptly to make sense to me. They go from hating each other, or doing stupid things because they don't trust each other to professing love and wanting to make a baby in a matter of days without proper development for it to make sense.
Their back and forth and unreasonable reunion kind of ruined it all for me, and towards the end I was starting to resent this and just wanted it to end to find out the thruth.
The ending was interesting though some things were not fully developed and went too fast perhaps and others were unclear. I also did not like how it set up for the next book as it felt disjointed from all of the things that were revealed in the end and doesn't make too much sense.
I think that the premise was great and with some more polishing on the various reveals and a better developed relationship dynamic it could have been a new favorite.
There are various deeper themes beneath the story and we explore them through the lenses of the two MCs that are married and are having problems in their relationship.
The various themes and the mysteries about the history of this society and how can they use it to find a new way to survive for me were the best part of the story, it's probably what kept me going even when I had some trouble and was tempted to DNF.
The main problem for me were the two MCs, I did not care too much about them and from what we've seen I don't think that they are good for each other and their opinion about each other changes too often and too abruptly to make sense to me. They go from hating each other, or doing stupid things because they don't trust each other to professing love and wanting to make a baby in a matter of days without proper development for it to make sense.
Their back and forth and unreasonable reunion kind of ruined it all for me, and towards the end I was starting to resent this and just wanted it to end to find out the thruth.
The ending was interesting though some things were not fully developed and went too fast perhaps and others were unclear. I also did not like how it set up for the next book as it felt disjointed from all of the things that were revealed in the end and doesn't make too much sense.
I think that the premise was great and with some more polishing on the various reveals and a better developed relationship dynamic it could have been a new favorite.