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Akshaya Raman

Autor(a) de The Ivory Key

2 Works 421 Membros 10 Críticas

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Obras por Akshaya Raman

The Ivory Key (2022) 405 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nacionalidade
USA

Membros

Críticas

This wraps up the story in a decent manner, but I thought it was a bit plodding at times and was hard for me to keep the characters straight at times.
 
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sennebec | Jan 4, 2024 |
I thought this was such a unqiue read!!! I read this book at slower pace but it was a book that captured me. I really liked all the characters and loved that this book focused on siblings dynmicas this book was a really fast pace read, it also was nice mix between a poltical read but alo a advetures read. This book at moments felt a tad rushed and wish some of the elements towards the end had been fleshed out but i really liked this one!!!
 
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lmauro123 | 8 outras críticas | Dec 28, 2023 |
I thought this was such a unqiue read!!! I read this book at slower pace but it was a book that captured me. I really liked all the characters and loved that this book focused on siblings dynmicas this book was a really fast pace read, it also was nice mix between a poltical read but alo a advetures read. This book at moments felt a tad rushed and wish some of the elements towards the end had been fleshed out but i really liked this one!!!
 
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lmauro123 | 8 outras críticas | Dec 28, 2023 |
Originally posted on Just Geeking by.

Content warnings:
From the author’s website:

Graphic descriptions of dead bodies (specifically on page 1 & Chapter 6), high volume of discussion of grief and loss, death of family members (specifically parents–the deaths occur off page but are discussed throughout), recovering from trauma, blood, violence, emotional manipulation, alcohol, discussion of identity policing/microaggressions directed toward a biracial character, allusions to human experimentation, discussions of war/an invading country.


My first read of 2022 and unfortunately The Ivory Key was a DNF (did not finish) for me, which I’m pretty disappointed about.

The Ivory Key has an interesting plot, a great magic system and rich world building based on Indian culture. There’s also LGBT representation as the world Raman has created is one where relationships and marriages between either gender are the norm. So what went wrong? The characters.

I found the characters to be completely flat, and one dimensional, not a single one was compelling. The Ivory Key centres on four siblings, two sisters and two brothers from a royal family. They’re from a matriarchal society which means the two girls have raised to hold the power, and the two boys to support the power. The synopsis promises intrigue and fails to deliver simply because each of the siblings has been written without any depth to them. Each one of them just came off as bratty to me, and at 20% I was not feeling the book. I wondered if it was just me, so I pushed on to 50% expecting by this point of the story to have a better insight into the characters. There was none.

I expected so much from this book, and it just did not reach my expectations. I’m not usually one to be so critical of a book, but not every book works for each reader and this one just didn’t for me.


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justgeekingby | 8 outras críticas | Jun 6, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
2
Membros
421
Popularidade
#57,942
Avaliação
½ 3.4
Críticas
10
ISBN
18
Línguas
2

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