The Diabolic

PSA: so, I've decided to take a much cooler, relaxed stance when it comes to reviewing. which is to say that my opinions (from now on) might come off as less ... coherent? mhm, so yeah, just wanted to give everyone a word of warning before diving straight into this whole “lemme-review-stuff” thing

well, I thought The Diabolic was fairly okay. it was a sci-fi novel though, so I wasn't suuuuper into it, but I did not actually hate it !! which is a very good thing imo

I mean, for one, I've always been a sucker for the whole “emotionless robot discovers she actually has a heart and, like, Feelings ensue” trope. it's super cute & I love the way it explores the lines between humanity, technology & the way these two things intersect. like ?? idk how can you not be passionate about the main character, a creature who was once Nemesis but is now kind of ... something else, learning not only how to be human, but how to be someone that's uniquely her & what it's like to be an actual contributing member of society w/o having your thoughts & actions dictated for you + the constant push-and-pull between what she wanted for herself & what she wanted for Sidonia (someone she loved more than she loved herself rip) like??? yes, I was so Down for that. (also, I forgot to mention that she was also a total badass female protagonist #yay)

but also, I did not like Tyrus. I was hoping with all my heart, mind & soul that she would end up with Sidonia & we'd get an f/f relationship w/ cool pygmalion-esque commentary, as we saw how they planned to navigate their relationship with each other despite the original “master-servant” sort of dynamic, but obviously that did not happen. although, in hindsight, the original pygmalion couple did not actually Work Out, so I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up about it //sighs

in conclusion, I did not ship the Main Ship, which severely hindered my enjoyment of the book because it's pretty romance-centered. thus, the 3-star rating.