Reviews

To Cage a God by Elizabeth May

rammyvet's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-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

3.75

An enjoyable book in a novel world with a new concept of "magic/power." Lots of links to Tsarist Russia and the world seemingly linked to it was different to most fantasy books. There were definitely some flaws with pacing and story at times, but still fun, good action and interesting characters. 

jordan_1_1's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

chanelchapters's review against another edition

DNF at 40 pages
Writing style didn’t vibe with me

charlene_hardiman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-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

3.0

mickeyreads's review against another edition

The blurb intrigued me, the Illumicrate edition is stunning, and yet the ridiculous premise and juvenile language was too much for me to wade through. 

lilyoliviareads's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This was a really conflicting one for me because in some ways I think this was a very well crafted novel - the characters felt fleshed out and the world was interesting- but in other ways it fell flat. Most of my issues were with the pacing and the plot itself, I just kept waiting for something to happen. The second half was a lot better than the first but for a 450 page book, pretty much nothing happened in the first 300 pages.

However, as previously mentioned I liked the characters. I enjoyed Galina and Vasilisa's relationship specifically and I thought Katya was a really interesting character. Sera and Vitaly were both fine but their plot didn't engage me as much. 

I think it maybe suffered from having so many POV's because it felt like just as something interesting started to happen, the POV would change.

But overall, this wasn't a bad book, I enjoyed myself reading it and I think the writing felt well developed.

akita404's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

This book has everything I should love, bad ass power welding sisters, dragons, magic, love interests however I just didn't love it. I feel like it was missing something. 

The characters has such potential but we're actually quite boring and very repetitive. 

sgphillips's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.75

katyab's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

lfb's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious

4.25