Believable characters, overall captivating story.

I really enjoyed the flawed, believable characters of this book, as well as the interactions and emotional outbursts, that for once, were probable, given the character's backstory. No insufferable perfection, no easy, direct storylines, that we often see in stories of western culture heroins (with few bright exceptions). A few things could have been better explained (a sterilization/womb destruction seems to be on trend, without ever tackling the consequences of such procedures. maybe a menopausal heroin isn't as attractive?) Overall, i enjoyed the book and gladly bought the second part. Emily Zeller's performance is also very enjoyable.

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Loved the storyline and characters

The story is wonderfully developed. Characters are full of life and her style of writings is vibrant.
I enjoyed Avery second of this and am now Loki g forward to part 2.
The storytellers voice is very nice to listen to, good intonation and speed of speech. Really enjoyable.

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Finally not a cookie-cutter hero/main character

I can't go into many details without spoilers but wow, this book blew me away. The story is incredibly well-paced, complex and hits hard when it means to. The story of Rin is fascinating, cruel, and quite tragic, and seeing Rin adapt and change throughout the novel is very well done her motivations at any point make sense and are understandable. She is a lovely protagonist to follow around and I was never bored. I read along while listening to the audiobook and devoured it in about two days. Highly recommend!

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Not sure

I will have to see if the second book gets better. I came here after loving Babel and was very invested in the first half of the book but feel more and more weirded out by the story and protagonist. I Im very torn and not sure how to describe it, but my issue are more with the stylistic choices not with technical problems. The protagonist becomes somehow extremely unlikable. Spoiler: Literally genocidal mass murderer. I actually dont want to see her redemption arc, this whole thing just went too far. And it has not made any sense yet. And the story and lore make it seem like you just can not top this power level in two more books. So it feels a bit like dragonball, where the creators just added stuff so that goku could still face some challenges and not be god level oo. Ugh, but maybe there is a chance that this is a masterpiece because it will solve all these issues perfectly. So I am sadly not loving it but will continue listening the second book to see.

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Probably not for me

I haven't reached the midpoint of the story yet, but I don't feel like continuing with this audiobook. It's a decently written story I suppose, but it simply cant hold my interest. So far it's the well known underdog trope, not done worse than usual, but also not done any more interesting. The author is unable to make me care where the story takes any of these characters. It's probably just not my cup of tea.

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Disappointed about sudden buff magic stuff

I liked the character introduction at first. The story grew interesting. Since opium wars were a real thing there was a lot of potential to this idea to build out.
Never the less, the story turned into some "magic demon summon while high" slap stick. Disappointed.

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On the edge of my seat from beginning to end....

The story is so detailed and well developed, with evocative imagery and the most bad ass of female characters. Loved it! Thank the Gods for it being a series.

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Amazing start, great build up, ok ending

Loved the first half of the book. Great story with good character. The second half compared to the start fell a bit behind. Didn't like the main character but, I hope she is the way she is because she needs room to evolve in the next two books. Overall with the lovely audio performance it is a 4.5 star listening experiance.

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WOW!

Where to begin with this masterpiece? The characters are excellent and well developed! The mythology, magic system and world building are deep and interesting! The narration is spot on giving the proper weight to events and lets the characters come to life! The ONLY problem I have is the reveal of the main characters heritage taking away from her achievements and struggle a bit, but overall I'm seriously impressed here!

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Interesting protagonist, occasionally too brutal

I had some expectations subverted, which was sometimes cool and sometimes lame. The mysteries kind of drag out and aren't concluded very satisfyingly, in my opinion.

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