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A review by immakingt0ast
String #1 by Paul Tobin
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This one really didn't do it for me. The art was cool but for some reason I couldn't get past the fact that the MC was Korean for no apparent reason? She doesn't really have a backstory except that her parents were murdered so it just seemed a... strange choice. It does not seem to inform her character or her decision making in any way, so it just seemed off. Ofc diversity is cool but it just seemed like it was inserted for the sake of diversity, both with the race of the MC and other characters.
The rest of the novel was pretty okay, the art was so colorful and great to look at but the story did not really draw me in.
This one really didn't do it for me. The art was cool but for some reason I couldn't get past the fact that the MC was Korean for no apparent reason? She doesn't really have a backstory except that her parents were murdered so it just seemed a... strange choice. It does not seem to inform her character or her decision making in any way, so it just seemed off. Ofc diversity is cool but it just seemed like it was inserted for the sake of diversity, both with the race of the MC and other characters.
The rest of the novel was pretty okay, the art was so colorful and great to look at but the story did not really draw me in.