A review by brekaboujie
Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This started off extremely promisingly - I was really interested in the setting and era, and it was all very mysterious and half familiar. The way different things are unveiled as you go through was clever and complex, which made it quite satisfying. I found the fact that I am currently living in the burning age and the way they describe it really interesting and it was a good connection that lured me in. But it also was a very hopeless and dreary book, just a horrendously realistic future that I am very much not looking forward to. From about halfway the pacing lost me as well and overall was a bit of a meh end, apart from that final mystery which was a good reveal. I don't think it would have been made better to have a pacey and exciting plot - I think the hopelessness was very purposeful but it did make it a hard read after getting through the initial novelty and excitement. 
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