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A review by jadira
The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski
4.0
3.7/5 I went straight from the first book in this series to this one, having loved the first. Unfortunately, I was not able to read through this one quite as fast as I felt like the complete change up in Nirrim’s personality made it quite hard to connect with her character like I did in the first book.
I felt like the majority of the book was just quite slow and the accounts on Nirrim’s part were just to demonstrate how she had lost her compassion while Sid’s story was a little predictable but served as an insight into more of the characters in her circle. I really enjoyed the input of the god’s chapters as it was nice to see it all add up and I liked how Sid journeyed to the gods at the end.
I feel like the end was so rushed compared to the rest of the book as we barely got to see the aftermath of everything. It was kind of like “Nirrim is saved!” and the book ended. I would’ve liked to see maybe an epilogue or some sort of interaction with Nirrim and her people or journeying to see where Sid came from. It doesn’t seem like there is going to be a third book as it didn’t really end on a cliffhanger and I can’t find any details on a third book so it would’ve been nice if a chapter was dedicated to that so that the story could have been rounded nicely.
All in all, it was a great book and a good sequel, but I feel like there could’ve been a little less time of them separated with not much happening and more time spent showing the aftermath.
I felt like the majority of the book was just quite slow and the accounts on Nirrim’s part were just to demonstrate how she had lost her compassion while Sid’s story was a little predictable but served as an insight into more of the characters in her circle. I really enjoyed the input of the god’s chapters as it was nice to see it all add up and I liked how Sid journeyed to the gods at the end.
I feel like the end was so rushed compared to the rest of the book as we barely got to see the aftermath of everything. It was kind of like “Nirrim is saved!” and the book ended. I would’ve liked to see maybe an epilogue or some sort of interaction with Nirrim and her people or journeying to see where Sid came from. It doesn’t seem like there is going to be a third book as it didn’t really end on a cliffhanger and I can’t find any details on a third book so it would’ve been nice if a chapter was dedicated to that so that the story could have been rounded nicely.
All in all, it was a great book and a good sequel, but I feel like there could’ve been a little less time of them separated with not much happening and more time spent showing the aftermath.