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A review by justinlife
The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Overall I liked this book.
The story has some problems and some things I didn't understand the purpose of, but it was a fun adventure in New Orleans. It was an interesting take on urban fantasy. I do wonder if there will be more to this series.
The story revolves around two different New Orleans. One is in our world and the other is a magical world. That world was fun and interesting. What's hard though is that the reader doesn't really know which is which until too far into the book. We follow Perilous Graves and his sister as they are trying to save their New Orleans. For some reason, they are young children like 10 and 6 I believe. I didn't see the point of having them that young. It didn't make sense to me as they felt they were in their teens.
I appreciated their were trans characters whose story wasn't just their transness. They had full lives and it was interesting to read.
I don't know if I would recommend this book. It was hard for me to follow and even though I enjoyed the magical world that was created, it took work.
The story has some problems and some things I didn't understand the purpose of, but it was a fun adventure in New Orleans. It was an interesting take on urban fantasy. I do wonder if there will be more to this series.
The story revolves around two different New Orleans. One is in our world and the other is a magical world. That world was fun and interesting. What's hard though is that the reader doesn't really know which is which until too far into the book. We follow Perilous Graves and his sister as they are trying to save their New Orleans. For some reason, they are young children like 10 and 6 I believe. I didn't see the point of having them that young. It didn't make sense to me as they felt they were in their teens.
I appreciated their were trans characters whose story wasn't just their transness. They had full lives and it was interesting to read.
I don't know if I would recommend this book. It was hard for me to follow and even though I enjoyed the magical world that was created, it took work.