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clairebearmakes's review against another edition
Found it boring, writing was fine but wasn't captivating enough to really hold my attention.
veronica_strachan's review against another edition
3.0
A good solid story, and as promised, diverse characters in a unique sci-fi universe, and there were dragons. I’d loved this author’s previous work, but I just couldn’t get into these characters. Though there were great plot points and a few surprises, the story meandered a bit too much for me and got a bit repetitive in places. The book illuminates moral, social and ethical challenges, though we tended to only get humanity’s which took away the edge a bit.
jezmondtutu's review against another edition
5.0
Completely out of this world but strangely grounded. Pansexual, pangendered alien dragons with a penchant for tea and potatoes, and hostile alien cats that are ... well they’re assholes. Nothing like anything I’ve read before, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you to Kylie Chan and Harper Collins Australia for the advance reading copy.
stephfafahh's review
1.0
It just dragged on, and on. I have no idea when to pinpoint the exact place the train went off the track. Was it that the main character bounced between knowing that she’s giving up classified information, and thinking that her feelings are real? Or was it when the potato-worshipping space cats showed up like a psychedelic Matt Damon in “The Martian”?
Humans need to breed with aliens to gain interstellar travel. Keep walking. The scale locator thing was pretty cool though.
Humans need to breed with aliens to gain interstellar travel. Keep walking. The scale locator thing was pretty cool though.
sonicdamage2019's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
demilee1369's review against another edition
3.0
This book left me at a crossroad for if I liked it or not. Ill retry reading another time so I can give a better review.
ashe_13's review against another edition
What in the Wattpad fan fiction blazes is this
justjeanettelee's review
3.0
Kylie has written another wonderful series.
I’ll admit, I kept thinking to myself, “What the actual fuck?” when reading certain parts of this (dragon reproduction, the obsession with potatoes, just to name a few), but Scales of Empire was a good read.
Chan always has a fluid writing style that allows for her work to come across as clean, non-jumpy, and concise.
One of my favourite aspects of this novel was that there were so many kick-ass female characters!
Some faults:
- I couldn’t get past the obsession with potatoes, why?
- I think that there needs to be more of a prologue or info dump on what century this book is set in, and how all these things came to pass. I was struggling for the first few chapters trying to wrap my head around it all
- Jian and Shiumo didn’t bone
- The back and forth attitudes of Richard just got a bit repetitive and bland
I’ll admit, I kept thinking to myself, “What the actual fuck?” when reading certain parts of this (dragon reproduction, the obsession with potatoes, just to name a few), but Scales of Empire was a good read.
Chan always has a fluid writing style that allows for her work to come across as clean, non-jumpy, and concise.
One of my favourite aspects of this novel was that there were so many kick-ass female characters!
Some faults:
- I couldn’t get past the obsession with potatoes, why?
- I think that there needs to be more of a prologue or info dump on what century this book is set in, and how all these things came to pass. I was struggling for the first few chapters trying to wrap my head around it all
- Jian and Shiumo didn’t bone
- The back and forth attitudes of Richard just got a bit repetitive and bland
ashryn's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0