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River of Teeth
by Sarah Gailey
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
⭐ 3/5 ⭐
Audiobook narrated by Peter Berkrot.
An alternate US where the government followed through with its plans to raise hippos for meat. A group of dubious characters are hired for a dangerous job involving a damn and feral, man-eating hippos.
- The premise of the book was what caught my attention. Queer characters, hippo ranching, an D&D crossed with the wild west story and setting sounded really awesome. The length of the book, however, hinders both plot and character development. There were points where events moved so fast that proceedings felt rushed, unrealistic and/or nonsensical.
- The characters had so much promise, especially from an LGBT+ standpoint. Like the plot though, lack of time spent developing them meant that I may as well have been reading about cardboard cutouts: they were flat and one dimensional with any interactions only really serving the plot. I enjoyed the concepts of these people and really wish they'd been fleshed out better.
- Despite the rushed nature of the book, the setting remains interesting and has a lot of potential. Louisiana swamps with frenzied hippos.
So much promise that lacks on the delivery. But if you don't mind fast pacing sacrificing plot and character development then this is a quick and easy read.
Audiobook narrated by Peter Berkrot.
An alternate US where the government followed through with its plans to raise hippos for meat. A group of dubious characters are hired for a dangerous job involving a damn and feral, man-eating hippos.
- The premise of the book was what caught my attention. Queer characters, hippo ranching, an D&D crossed with the wild west story and setting sounded really awesome. The length of the book, however, hinders both plot and character development. There were points where events moved so fast that proceedings felt rushed, unrealistic and/or nonsensical.
- The characters had so much promise, especially from an LGBT+ standpoint. Like the plot though, lack of time spent developing them meant that I may as well have been reading about cardboard cutouts: they were flat and one dimensional with any interactions only really serving the plot. I enjoyed the concepts of these people and really wish they'd been fleshed out better.
- Despite the rushed nature of the book, the setting remains interesting and has a lot of potential. Louisiana swamps with frenzied hippos.
So much promise that lacks on the delivery. But if you don't mind fast pacing sacrificing plot and character development then this is a quick and easy read.