The first thing I can say about this book is that it’s really inventive. It’s sort of a dystopian setting where people can be brought back to life after 24 hours by loved ones to settle unfinished business, which isn’t a concept I’ve seen before. The main characters were all pretty likable and I felt like I could root for them.
One thing that I liked was that it sort of chose when to follow different typical endings. Like “oh yes here we have the sacrifice plot but it definitely doesn’t end here!” was a really common one. This made it hard to keep track of in the last fifty pages, but it kept it from being OVERLY predictable.
Arguably one of my favorite parts was that there’s aromantic representation!!! I didn’t love that the character in question was already dead (the main character’s sister), but she obviously knew before she died. I did feel like the romance that was in the book was lacking, though. Lor and Tempe really didn’t seem to have a lot of chemistry to me, but their love was supposed to be important.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to recommend this book, but it’s an inventive dystopian that’s worth a read.
One thing that I liked was that it sort of chose when to follow different typical endings. Like “oh yes here we have the sacrifice plot but it definitely doesn’t end here!” was a really common one. This made it hard to keep track of in the last fifty pages, but it kept it from being OVERLY predictable.
Arguably one of my favorite parts was that there’s aromantic representation!!! I didn’t love that the character in question was already dead (the main character’s sister), but she obviously knew before she died. I did feel like the romance that was in the book was lacking, though. Lor and Tempe really didn’t seem to have a lot of chemistry to me, but their love was supposed to be important.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to recommend this book, but it’s an inventive dystopian that’s worth a read.