ibingebooks's Reviews (88)

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Zoulfa Katouh

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Mirrored Heavens

Rebecca Roanhorse

3.5

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Fevered Star

Rebecca Roanhorse

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

My Fairy God Somebody

Charlene Allen

3.0

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was Told There Would be Romance

Marie Arnold

3.5

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Grace of Kings

Ken Liu

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A phenomenal story about power, politics, the many flaws of human nature, and the subjectivity of honor and goodness. I took off half a star because it should be illegal to introduce this many characters and not have their stories converge until the 50% mark. But the payoff was 1000% worth it. I even got a little misty at the end.