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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.