lashette's reviews
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Well this took a turn. 

Sobbed like a baby as usual. This wraps up everything nicely. But we all know there's a trilogy called Fitz and the Fool coming so waiting for that. Oh man, nothing in this went like I thought it would. Nothing, lol. That's not a bad thing though. The last 400 pages or so were just constant tears. Happy tears and sad tears. The dragons were hilarious. Fitz got more kids than he knows what to do with. Riddle is a great addition. Fitz got his deserves happy for now. The younger generation coming in and basically setting this men to rights. Also the women too because they a mess without the women and kids. Trauma everywhere.

I just did not care about this setting. Honestly thought this would be mostly black people. The rural, puritan, cult setting is just not something I'm interested in. The "women" in the woods seem more supernatural in a grotesque way. While I'm curious about what happened, it's not enough to overcome my general disinterest. I was starting to get into it a little and then the main character started making stupid decisions and I was done, lol. 

That was fascinating. 

Inconsistent pacing but I like where the overall world building is going. I should've seen this coming but I didn't. No overarching evil bad guy. Probably because we had two plotlines going on here. I'm still curious about the original use for the bunker.

This was really great. I like that it's not one size fits all with root magic. And not a story moralizing good vs evil. I wasn't expecting it to be set in the 60s. I admit I didn't read the synopsis recently. I loved these kids and watching them do kid things even with everything going on around them made me want to protect them. Jez and Jay. I wasn't expecting to identify with their sibling dynamics. Picking fights because you know you're getting older and may not be as close anymore was super relatable. Even now I'm almost 40. There are themes of violent racism in here but I like that they don't take over the plot. Black people living their lives. It's not all segregation and whippings and slurs. And the root work. Loved it. I don't know that I could call myself a rootworker but this is a great example of it in fiction. There were some fantastical elements but nothing too fancy. Most of what's here is realistic. Quite honestly I could've been reading this child's diary for how realistic and full this world building was. Younger me is happy.