bella613's Reviews (551)

lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

An Ember in the Ashes

Sabaa Tahir

DID NOT FINISH: 19%

I cannot get into this. I'll probably try and pick it up again later but I keep zoning out and I'm so bored. 

It might be that I just need a different genre today so I'll keep it on my tbr
dark funny slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I heard a lot of raving about how good this book is, and several people I follow rated it 5 stars. I think that subsequently going into it with high expectations made me more disappointed in it than if I had randomly read it. 
It was kind of funny but also not developed enough to make it interesting to me. There was no real reason or explanation behind the weirdness. 
It started like mean girls, but with a much less likeable protagonist. Everything she hates about the "bunnies" is also true of herself and she has a very immature mindset but thinks she doesn't. Then all of the sudden it gets super weird. I like weird books, but this just goes off the deep end and doesn't come back. 
I do like the foreshadowing and some of the implications from the ending. It is a good concept for a book, I just don't think it was well executed. 
adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced
dark sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional funny slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated