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jellsbells's review against another edition
Second time reading this book in preparation for book #2, love it to bits
zeinna's review against another edition
2.0
Conceptually interesting, world-building is great, but the story really loses the thread about 2/3 of the way through and just spirals out more and more towards the end.
reallytinyyeti's review against another edition
5.0
Like high fantasy, meets sci-fi, meets pirates, meets The Last of Us. At least 3 or 4 points in this story I had no idea where it was going. And there was a cat.
corijroberts's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book had some cool world building that departed from traditional sci-fi/fantasy in interesting ways, but I found the plot a bit convoluted.
emsavidge's review against another edition
DNF ~26%
I just wasn’t connecting with the main character. I think part of the problem is that this has some similarities to The Tainted Cup and I immediately fell in love with that book’s main character. I might pick this up again at a later date when The Tainted Cup is less fresh in my mind.
I just wasn’t connecting with the main character. I think part of the problem is that this has some similarities to The Tainted Cup and I immediately fell in love with that book’s main character. I might pick this up again at a later date when The Tainted Cup is less fresh in my mind.
readingtheend's review against another edition
4.0
terrific, actually! a discredited cop dies and comes back to life, and she gets involved with this gang of undead (ie magic users) pirates. mushrooms are involved! all strange and cool; I would definitely read another.
ehwilltolive's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
uh so this book broke me. I could say about 80 billion reasons I loved it but my brain is too soup (pos) to verbalize any of them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Homophobia, Slavery, Transphobia, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Suicide
rwguthrie's review against another edition
4.0
A little raw in parts but overall this was fun, gripping, and wildly inventive, a world full of characters I want to know more about, I hope Stronach writes a dozen more.
timods's review against another edition
I wanted to like this book but it felt like the first third of the actual book, not a book in its own right.
I'm two-thirds of the way through and the plot isn't even apparent: it's all set up for the planned sequels, and that's not satisfying to read.
I'm two-thirds of the way through and the plot isn't even apparent: it's all set up for the planned sequels, and that's not satisfying to read.
mrsalta's review against another edition
4.0
This one was bonkers. It slipped out of my head for a little bit there, and I'm already looking forward to a re-read