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A review by brusboks
The Memory of Babel by Christelle Dabos
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Third book in a series, that opens up some serious discussion about freedom, information and surveillance. The YA version of something that resembles Fahrenheit 451. The discussion will no doubt be continued in the last book in the series.
The book has a very constant tempo. There are some underdeveloped twists and turns. The "happy helper"-characters take on their role a bit too quick for instance. As well as the creation of some red herrings and side stories to advance plot and keep the tempo high, and means having to put a demper on the world-building. This for instance means the readers very quickly learns about the world through an informative sentence after something happens, to explain why this happens. But it is never revealed how Ophelia would know this.
All in all, the drawbacks are not major, and the book is a good read and a good continuation of the series. All is set for a very interesting last book.
The book has a very constant tempo. There are some underdeveloped twists and turns. The "happy helper"-characters take on their role a bit too quick for instance. As well as the creation of some red herrings and side stories to advance plot and keep the tempo high, and means having to put a demper on the world-building. This for instance means the readers very quickly learns about the world through an informative sentence after something happens, to explain why this happens. But it is never revealed how Ophelia would know this.
All in all, the drawbacks are not major, and the book is a good read and a good continuation of the series. All is set for a very interesting last book.