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A review by caseythereader
The Night Ends with Fire by K.X. Song
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Thanks to Penguin for the free copy of this book.
- As you might be able to tell from the summary above THE NIGHT ENDS WITH FIRE is a Mulan retelling, expanded out to include warring ancient spirits and magical powers.
- The first half of the book is more or less the same as the Disney version of the story, just made a bit darker. The second half is where things really get cooking, with new truths coming to light and continual struggles to figure out who are the good guys and who are the bad guys.
- One completely unimportant thing that I couldn’t figure out is why half the characters’ names are transliterated and half are translated, as in, our two main characters are Meilin and Sky. Her siblings are Rouha and Plum. I’m curious why that choice was made.
- As you might be able to tell from the summary above THE NIGHT ENDS WITH FIRE is a Mulan retelling, expanded out to include warring ancient spirits and magical powers.
- The first half of the book is more or less the same as the Disney version of the story, just made a bit darker. The second half is where things really get cooking, with new truths coming to light and continual struggles to figure out who are the good guys and who are the bad guys.
- One completely unimportant thing that I couldn’t figure out is why half the characters’ names are transliterated and half are translated, as in, our two main characters are Meilin and Sky. Her siblings are Rouha and Plum. I’m curious why that choice was made.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail