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vickit

Star Daughter

Shveta Thakrar

DID NOT FINISH: 40%

I loved the idea behind the story and all the Indian culture intertwined in it…but the writing was not it. It felt like middle grade but the author also wanted it to be poetic and then random words thrown in from the thesaurus. I felt myself skimming through it a lot. Also I got almost halfway through and I couldn’t find my self caring about the characters really all that much and even less about the challenge that was going on. Plot points also were resolved so simply, like descending to the heavens shouldn’t be that easy for anyone let alone a human. I was more interested in the Night market and her aunts couch obsession more than the challenge and her as a person. The storyline of trying to save her father bc she didn’t know her own strength was better. I wanted to learn about her mother and how she fell in love with her father. I wanted an enemies to lovers story from her and her boyfriend/exboyfriend. Those were all more interesting than this challenge.
adventurous lighthearted tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: No
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-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
adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated