Mer Barr
As I'm from a different culture, I had a hard time distinguishing similarly sounding names to their respective characters and found it difficult to figure out who just had what happen to them. I did enjoy the growth of the main character and how the author addressed a grown woman in mens' clothing in a male dominated world.
I understand there's a second book after this but this isn't a series I'll pursue.
As I'm from a different culture, I had a hard time distinguishing similarly sounding names to their respective characters and found it difficult to figure out who just had what happen to them. I did enjoy the growth of the main character and how the author addressed a grown woman in mens' clothing in a male dominated world.
I understand there's a second book after this but this isn't a series I'll pursue.
The summary sounds interesting but by 25% in, neither the plot nor the characters were intriguing enough to hang in for.
The summary sounds interesting but by 25% in, neither the plot nor the characters were intriguing enough to hang in for.
More good writing from the author, however this hero seems just too good to be true for me. I did like the creativity that the author gave the villain, and his personality was unnerving.
Not sure I'll continue this series.
More good writing from the author, however this hero seems just too good to be true for me. I did like the creativity that the author gave the villain, and his personality was unnerving.
Not sure I'll continue this series.
Still quality writing and storytelling by the author.
It's been four years since I read Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes so not sure if some of the references to Snow and the snake and bird on Hamich's pin in this book, are connected to anything in Ballad. I will say I find it suspicious / gratuitous that the author has loaded this new book with alot of the people associated with the District 12 group in the Hunger Games main books. They can't all come into the storyline with Hamich.
Still quality writing and storytelling by the author.
It's been four years since I read Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes so not sure if some of the references to Snow and the snake and bird on Hamich's pin in this book, are connected to anything in Ballad. I will say I find it suspicious / gratuitous that the author has loaded this new book with alot of the people associated with the District 12 group in the Hunger Games main books. They can't all come into the storyline with Hamich.
Intriguing (but not new) theme of symbiotic body inhabitation. The publisher is clearly using font and paragraph inset to distinguish characters in the ebook format but it's not done in a consistent manner and causes me confusion. I probably would have found another way of presenting multiple interior and exterior characters in the same scene, easier to follow. How did they handle this for audio mediums?
And I am a fan of the cold-war era spy stories, especially the dark, gritty types of Le Càrre, which this seems to be like. I'm just not interested at the moment.
Intriguing (but not new) theme of symbiotic body inhabitation. The publisher is clearly using font and paragraph inset to distinguish characters in the ebook format but it's not done in a consistent manner and causes me confusion. I probably would have found another way of presenting multiple interior and exterior characters in the same scene, easier to follow. How did they handle this for audio mediums?
And I am a fan of the cold-war era spy stories, especially the dark, gritty types of Le Càrre, which this seems to be like. I'm just not interested at the moment.
There was alot of good storyline and I was just starting to understand the new environment and main character when a new character was introduced. Then there was so much stalling of the storyline, introducing backstory (which didn't apply to anything told so far) that I dropped the book.
I see there's another book that just came out. The title is about a character I'd love to understand better and it seems to carry on from this book. Can't decide if I give it a try or call this series quits.
There was alot of good storyline and I was just starting to understand the new environment and main character when a new character was introduced. Then there was so much stalling of the storyline, introducing backstory (which didn't apply to anything told so far) that I dropped the book.
I see there's another book that just came out. The title is about a character I'd love to understand better and it seems to carry on from this book. Can't decide if I give it a try or call this series quits.
