neuroqueer's reviews
442 reviews

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

  • Plot 💭:
    • Engaging at Times, Occasionally Flat 😴 
    • Predictable or Underwhelming Conflict
  • Writing Style✍️:   
    •  Straightforward & Unadorned 
  • Structure 🏗️:
    •  Standard & Conventional
  • Pace & Pacing ⏱️:
    • Predictable Flow
  • Setting 🌎: 
    • Not descriptive 
    • Bouncing around from city to city, space to space
  • Characters 👤:
    • Likable but Unremarkable
  • Book Covers📚:
    •  Safe and Unoffensive

Thoughts 🗣:
   * Needing More: I loved the Sandman Slim series so I'm sad that this fell flat for me. It still contains Kadrey's creative (under)world-building and snappy dialogue but the plot was a predictable set up for a series and the dialogue came out of our leads who were indistinguishable from one another. I'm still going to try the next one as the ideas presented here are interesting. 

Overall: B 

funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Overall: B+
dark mysterious fast-paced