A review by pixxyhex
Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

 
I really want to give this book at most a 2 star rating. Not because it’s really that bad, it's just that after the two previous books I was so disappointed. 

I spent 80% of the book annoyed with Spensa. She does not seem to have changed, grown, evolved in any meaningful way. Technically she has learnt some things, but in reality she is the same immature, self absorbed person she was in the first book. 

Her internal monologue is so juvenile. I know that this is a YA book, but the first two books did not read as such to this extent. 

I think this book would have been much better if we had different POVs. Making this book shorter and adding in the 3 novellas would have really made a difference for me. 

I need to read some more Sanderson books. Does he just not write female characters well ? Or is it just me? Out of everyone in Mistborn, Vin was the one I least enjoyed. I think she was also the one with a minimum amount of evolution throughout the whole 3 books .

The overall story and key plots push this to a 2.5 in the end. But very grudgingly.