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A review by spinesinaline
Broken People by Ioana Visan
3.0
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So glad I got to revisit the circus! I really enjoyed the prequel of this series so I was looking forward to getting back into it. I didn't remember everything from the first story so things slowly came together. It seemed like new information was also slowly delivered, so it was difficult at first to really understand the context of the story and what everyone's motives were. Some things also felt like they could have benefited from more description because all the pieces didn't seem to fit together perfectly.
I love the nomadic lifestyle this circus crew leads, and having their own compartments on the train just sounds so fun! Spinner and Rake are definitely two of my fave characters - always up for a challenge, sometimes cuz they're too stubborn to say no! Though I really feel for Anya, the ballerina. She's probably the saddest character though she hides it well, feeling out of place and ridiculed in her circus performance.
This series centres around cool tech and I was impressed by how many new inventions were introduced in this book, especially the masks! Very cool though maybe a little dangerous. We also get a little more insight into some of the characters who weren't as large a focus in the prequel, and who seem to be getting set up for further development in the coming books (I'm looking at you, Robot Girl!).
But as for what I didn't like, there are several female characters in this book, and many as leads, but there wasn't a single one who didn't have their body described in some way - and always from a male POV as the perspective changed throughout the book. I didn't find it necessary to constantly have the male characters size up these women, or even have mentions of how they didn't size them up while also describing their bodies in detail at the same time.
So glad I got to revisit the circus! I really enjoyed the prequel of this series so I was looking forward to getting back into it. I didn't remember everything from the first story so things slowly came together. It seemed like new information was also slowly delivered, so it was difficult at first to really understand the context of the story and what everyone's motives were. Some things also felt like they could have benefited from more description because all the pieces didn't seem to fit together perfectly.
I love the nomadic lifestyle this circus crew leads, and having their own compartments on the train just sounds so fun! Spinner and Rake are definitely two of my fave characters - always up for a challenge, sometimes cuz they're too stubborn to say no! Though I really feel for Anya, the ballerina. She's probably the saddest character though she hides it well, feeling out of place and ridiculed in her circus performance.
This series centres around cool tech and I was impressed by how many new inventions were introduced in this book, especially the masks! Very cool though maybe a little dangerous. We also get a little more insight into some of the characters who weren't as large a focus in the prequel, and who seem to be getting set up for further development in the coming books (I'm looking at you, Robot Girl!).
But as for what I didn't like, there are several female characters in this book, and many as leads, but there wasn't a single one who didn't have their body described in some way - and always from a male POV as the perspective changed throughout the book. I didn't find it necessary to constantly have the male characters size up these women, or even have mentions of how they didn't size them up while also describing their bodies in detail at the same time.