A review by julis
The Actual Star by Monica Byrne

slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Hope to god that book 3 will be decent because ohhh my god.

Problem 1: It’s boring.

It’s set across 3 stories in 1012, 2012, and 3012. The modern day one and the future one are interesting; I could not get into the 1012 one despite pre-contact Americas being one of my jams. In the last third of the book I also lost interest in Leah and Leah’s issues, and mostly wanted everyone to perhaps talk to each other or maybe stop talking to each other.

Nor do I know what the hell happened at the end.

Research good worldbuilding interesting but what?? happened. what happened. what.