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thebookishdesigner's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
You hear that, Bess? We’re pirates now!”
I went into this one totally blind picking it up totally on a recommendation, and I’m so glad I did. Steampunk pirates? Sign me the hell up cap’n!
“Frey is the captain of the Ketty Jay, leader of a small and highly dysfunctional band of layabouts. An inveterate womaniser and rogue, he and his gang make a living on the wrong side of the law, avoiding the heavily armed flying frigates of the Coalition Navy.”
The absolute highlight of this book is the character work, as we progress through the story each crew member’s back story is revealed each as intriguing as the next, Crake’s backstory in particular was something else.
In terms of the plot, Retribution Falls has the perfect balance of action, humour, and drama. It did take me a few chapters to start feeling comfortable with it but once we get to a certain point and the main plot line is revealed the story is fast paced and truly gripping. The more we learn about each character the more we care about them, with the stakes getting higher and higher the book becomes increasingly more unputdownable.
I high recommend this book and can’t wait to carry on with the rest of the series and moving onto Wooding’s back catalog. If you do have tiggers I would advise looking at the tigger warning, most of these are only mentioned once but they are there no the less, some key ones that stand out: attempted unaliving of self, miscarriage and unaliving of a child.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Murder and Miscarriage
Minor: Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Child death
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