Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir

57 reviews

dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

If I could give this book more stars I would! 

This series deserves every acclaim! It is truly a literary masterpiece that I don’t think will ever be topped and it not being more popular is a CRIME!!! 

Everything is stunning, from the world building, to the characters, to that stakes, all the way down to very prose on the page! Simple amazing! 

I want to say more but I am still so fresh of reading it and nothing I could say would to it justice! It is an experience I wish on everyone! 

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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adventurous emotional 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

Ngl I'm kind of glad to be done with these just so I can finally move on to something else. They weren't bad. I love the writing and the story. I was just kind of bored at times? 

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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous tense 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

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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

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

and with that series comes to an end. I've been with this series for over a year now and as someone getting back into fantasy, this honestly helped with exploring the genre even more. I wanted to see how things end with the characters and w/o getting into spoilers im just glad that my predictions were wrong πŸ’€. 
i will say tho that i do prefer the first half of the series more than the second. the story was a lot easier to follow and we saw a lot of world building even in the second book which was nice. This book really sets up the ending and whats next in the ember universe (i.e. heir). if i had to rank the books it would torch>ember>sky>reaper. Overall i think this is a solid especially if were new to fantasy. im going to start heir soon since its my most anticipated release of this year but maybe after a couple of books πŸ˜… 

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adventurous challenging emotional tense 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: Complicated

I love this series, but this one was actually my least favorite. I think that is mostly because the entire series has led up to a huge, dramatic conclusion and it felt like the conflict resolved much too easily for the tension I have experienced throughout the rest of this series. There were still plenty of gut-wrenching twists and a lot of depth to this book, but I think the climax felt a little flat for me.

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