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A review by shecantcomplain
Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar
2.0
Tl:dr beautiful cover leads reader to story that expands cultural horizons but not much else
Beautiful book, gorgeous artwork on the cover. I fell deeply in love with all the vocabulary being thrown around that I had to hunt for, which only further drew me in and helped with the imagery. It was refreshing to not have the author giving me a mini history or culture lesson every time something culturally specific came up.
There were some problems for me with dialogue and action occasionally. Placement of characters being closer or further than I'd thought making the next sequence of events highly impractical if not improbable. Natural human reactions to fire being left out completely (I'm sorry, if there's fire then a person's going to back up) and adding to the placement issues. Also I didn't feel like anything was actually resolved in Sheetal's favor?
Beautiful book, gorgeous artwork on the cover. I fell deeply in love with all the vocabulary being thrown around that I had to hunt for, which only further drew me in and helped with the imagery. It was refreshing to not have the author giving me a mini history or culture lesson every time something culturally specific came up.
There were some problems for me with dialogue and action occasionally. Placement of characters being closer or further than I'd thought making the next sequence of events highly impractical if not improbable. Natural human reactions to fire being left out completely (I'm sorry, if there's fire then a person's going to back up) and adding to the placement issues. Also I didn't feel like anything was actually resolved in Sheetal's favor?