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A review by stuckinatimeloop
Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson
adventurous
funny
tense
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? It's complicated
3.5
On it's own, Cytonic is a great book. Brandon Sanderson is great at making unique characters, which becomes a bit of a flaw in this series. Because at some point there are too many characters.
At times Cytonic felt very repetitive and quite similar to book 2. This is why it took me ages to finish. We were introduced to these amazing characters and dynamics in Skyward but for two whole books after that we don't have them anymore. You start to forget the names and all the characters before.
Cytonic and Starsight had the potential to be merged into one book, I feel. Essentially they had the same plot: Spensa goes to an alien place and makes an alien found family. It's written well every time but becomes redundant and boring.
I really hope Defiant happens all or mostly with the characters from book one because I miss them.
The part around 75% into Cytonic was really great, where she had to choose. The whole nowhere world was intriguing. Gave me goosebumps at times.
At times Cytonic felt very repetitive and quite similar to book 2. This is why it took me ages to finish. We were introduced to these amazing characters and dynamics in Skyward but for two whole books after that we don't have them anymore. You start to forget the names and all the characters before.
Cytonic and Starsight had the potential to be merged into one book, I feel. Essentially they had the same plot: Spensa goes to an alien place and makes an alien found family. It's written well every time but becomes redundant and boring.
I really hope Defiant happens all or mostly with the characters from book one because I miss them.
The part around 75% into Cytonic was really great, where she had to choose. The whole nowhere world was intriguing. Gave me goosebumps at times.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Death and Death of parent