The Sun and the Void
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"The Sun and The Void" was one of my most anticipated books this year and I'm really glad that I was able to read an ARC of it! The blurb was really promising but after reading the book I have to say that even with really good plot ideas the execution wasn't as satisfying. Let's start with the things I enjoyed: The woldbuilding happened through the eyes of the protagonist, we learn about the world through other characters telling and explaining it to them. The arc of suspense at the end was quite good and I enjoyed reading the last chapters. But the biggest issue I had with the book was the timeline. The story expanded over a view years and because of that it feld like the author wanted to put too many plot points in this book. There was too little focus on different events and they fell a bit flat. Also, the characters seemed kinda inconsistent and some of their actions didn't made sense. Another thing I didn't like were the love interests. They were either racist (at least in the beginning) or abusive and still, the protagonists fall for them. I really didn't like that the abusive behaviour was explained with <spoiler> "a curse" </spoiler> for that seemed to take the responsibility for their actions. All in all I would say that the ideas for the plot are really great but it needs a little more balance between booklength and events in the story as well as more comprehensible character building. Thank you NetGalley for providing an e-ARC of this book!
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"The Sun and The Void" was one of my most anticipated books this year and I'm really glad that I was able to read an ARC of it! The blurb was really promising but after reading the book I have to say that even with really good plot ideas the execution wasn't as satisfying. Let's start with the things I enjoyed: The woldbuilding happened through the eyes of the protagonist, we learn about the world through other characters telling and explaining it to them. The arc of suspense at the end was quite good and I enjoyed reading the last chapters. But the biggest issue I had with the book was the timeline. The story expanded over a view years and because of that it feld like the author wanted to put too many plot points in this book. There was too little focus on different events and they fell a bit flat. Also, the characters seemed kinda inconsistent and some of their actions didn't made sense. Another thing I didn't like were the love interests. They were either racist (at least in the beginning) or abusive and still, the protagonists fall for them. I really didn't like that the abusive behaviour was explained with <spoiler> "a curse" </spoiler> for that seemed to take the responsibility for their actions. All in all I would say that the ideas for the plot are really great but it needs a little more balance between booklength and events in the story as well as more comprehensible character building. Thank you NetGalley for providing an e-ARC of this book!