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The Infinity Courts
by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Wow… It’s been a while since I have read a sci-fi cum dystopian cum fantasy plot and the experience was most definitely refreshing if not confusing and attentive.
I really didn’t want to begin my review like this but honestly I haven’t been able to get over how Nami died (It isn’t a spoiler… It is written right there in the blurb) and how soon she died. I was looking for more family background – where she comes from, her bond with her family, how much they love her and she loves them etc. I am conflicted here coz it makes sense that the author didn’t give much family background as it would’ve been unnecessary but I was still pretty bummed up by the way she died (mind you, she also admits that later in the book). And well, that is I guess the only complaint-confusion I had with the book.
I really liked how the plot seemed to be fast paced but at the same time not so fast paced. You could see Nami struggling a lot to trust people and question everything around her. That gave her a unique character development which was amazing to read. The plot seemed fast paced in a very, how do I describe it, not so pinned way. To elaborate, it seemed like a lifetime was passing for the characters and hence, it all seemed way more real, vivid and like a movie scene playing before your eyes. While reading I tried to pin down what was moving so fast with the book and I figured that it wasn’t the plot but rather the dialogues and characters that were moving quickly. So it most definitely felt like a true definition of Infinity.
Coming onto Infinity, OMMGGG the concept was creepy and creative af. I mean I was sooo curious to see how exactly the world was created and how did the afterlife human consciousness narrowed down to a superficial queen which was real but unreal at the same time. Of course it was unnerving and I am not trusting any AI devices for sometime (or maybe I’ll end up trusting too much to see if this world exists. And trust me, one of the most amazing things I like about this book (apart from the cover) is how it was able to make me think about such possibility of afterlife existing in real life. I did sense romance coming in since kinda the beginning but my warmth towards romance in this was pretty limited. I was surely shipping them together but maybe more like in a friendly way? I am most definitely looking forward to the next novel in this series!
I was provided with an arc via netgalley in exchange for an honest review
I really didn’t want to begin my review like this but honestly I haven’t been able to get over how Nami died (It isn’t a spoiler… It is written right there in the blurb) and how soon she died. I was looking for more family background – where she comes from, her bond with her family, how much they love her and she loves them etc. I am conflicted here coz it makes sense that the author didn’t give much family background as it would’ve been unnecessary but I was still pretty bummed up by the way she died (mind you, she also admits that later in the book). And well, that is I guess the only complaint-confusion I had with the book.
I really liked how the plot seemed to be fast paced but at the same time not so fast paced. You could see Nami struggling a lot to trust people and question everything around her. That gave her a unique character development which was amazing to read. The plot seemed fast paced in a very, how do I describe it, not so pinned way. To elaborate, it seemed like a lifetime was passing for the characters and hence, it all seemed way more real, vivid and like a movie scene playing before your eyes. While reading I tried to pin down what was moving so fast with the book and I figured that it wasn’t the plot but rather the dialogues and characters that were moving quickly. So it most definitely felt like a true definition of Infinity.
Coming onto Infinity, OMMGGG the concept was creepy and creative af. I mean I was sooo curious to see how exactly the world was created and how did the afterlife human consciousness narrowed down to a superficial queen which was real but unreal at the same time. Of course it was unnerving and I am not trusting any AI devices for sometime (or maybe I’ll end up trusting too much to see if this world exists. And trust me, one of the most amazing things I like about this book (apart from the cover) is how it was able to make me think about such possibility of afterlife existing in real life. I did sense romance coming in since kinda the beginning but my warmth towards romance in this was pretty limited. I was surely shipping them together but maybe more like in a friendly way? I am most definitely looking forward to the next novel in this series!
I was provided with an arc via netgalley in exchange for an honest review