A review by tishreads
Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders
2.0
Actual Rating: 3.5
This book is all about the world building, and it does a great job with that. If you're into cool aliens, definitely give this one a read! Where I felt it struggled was in the characters. I liked the characters, don't get me wrong, but they all felt a little bit like caricatures of themselves. They had their one "thing" and that was it. Tina and Rachel are more developed, but the other "Earthlings" don't show a lot of growth and a lot of their struggles are kind of just glossed over. I was SO excited for this one, and it just sort of fell flat. I think the plot would have done better with fewer characters in order to allow each of them to grow and flourish and get the attention they deserved.
This book is all about the world building, and it does a great job with that. If you're into cool aliens, definitely give this one a read! Where I felt it struggled was in the characters. I liked the characters, don't get me wrong, but they all felt a little bit like caricatures of themselves. They had their one "thing" and that was it. Tina and Rachel are more developed, but the other "Earthlings" don't show a lot of growth and a lot of their struggles are kind of just glossed over. I was SO excited for this one, and it just sort of fell flat. I think the plot would have done better with fewer characters in order to allow each of them to grow and flourish and get the attention they deserved.