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dannilmp's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
An interesting concept for a book to explore both AI and life beyond death and how these could possibly or impossibly interact. A good book to read if you're in the mood for thinking about life in general and what you would do when faced with the situation Nami found herself in at the very beginning of the book.
While this book held promise I feel it didn't quite deliver on the execution side of things. Sometimes Nami's decisions or reasons felt a little flat and two dimmensional, but I appreciate that she stuck to her own set of morals and values throughout the book. The ending caught me off guard with enough plot twists to keep me busy for a week and I am looking forward to reading the sequel.
While this book held promise I feel it didn't quite deliver on the execution side of things. Sometimes Nami's decisions or reasons felt a little flat and two dimmensional, but I appreciate that she stuck to her own set of morals and values throughout the book. The ending caught me off guard with enough plot twists to keep me busy for a week and I am looking forward to reading the sequel.
Graphic: Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
Minor: Torture
aspeights's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
interesting take on an afterlife, and a non traditional chosen one narrative. had a twist i didn’t see coming, all of the character relationships and development seemed a bit rushed though.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
willowmae's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Slavery, and War
elwirax's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Rep- Asian MC, lesbians (briefly mentioned)
2.5/5*
2.5/5*
“May the stars watch over you. Because the saints abandoned us long ago.”
"Infinity was never built for you; it was built for dreamers."
I'm so dissapointed this book didn't work out for me. I honestly thought I was going to love it, I mean a group of human rebels fighting evil AI who have taken over the afterlife to destroy humans. What's there not to anticipate? The idea was so intriguing, the execution anything but.
Firstly, The Infinity Courts was extremely tropey (the chosen one, random girl catches the eye of the prince, love triangle, bad boy with a tragic past, royal courts etc etc). I don't necessarily hate these tropes but they made the book seem predictable because so many of them were used in one story. I though the writing was good but overly flowery at times and oversaturated with metaphors.
I did enjoy some of the worldbuilding. The concept of AI taking over the afterlife was quite interesting. However, for an almost 500 page book it wasn't all there and left much to be questioned. Granted this is the first book in a trilogy so I'm guessing it will be developed in future instalments.
I liked the commentary on advancing technology and its impact as well as conversations on morality and who gets to decide which people deserve second chances. However, Nami, spent the vast majority of the book ruminating over the same questions and trying to naively convince herself of humanities inherent good. By the 30% mark it was getting tedious to read about. She kept saying she wanted peace and co-existance, imposing her own views and completely disregarding the views of the people who had been fighting in infinity longer than she has. While, I understood Nami's motives, she only ever considered her opinion as the right one, I couldn't help but think her selfish. I can't say that I felt connected to Nami's struggles either. She died at the very beginning of the book and the relationship with her family wasn't developed. It made it difficult for me to see the reason in her constant worrying over them when there was no established bonds.
I felt that the romance in this book didn't really serve a purpose and was just thrown in for a plot twist. It seemed forced and I just didn't care for it. As for the ending, I think it would've had a bigger impact on me had I not suspected a part of it from the beginning
Overall, I'm dissapointed in myself for not liking The Infinity Courts
as much as I wanted to. I'm not sure if I'll continue with the trilogy but as of yet it's most likely a no.
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, Violence, and War
Minor: Gun violence
thenonbinaryc's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Minor: Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War
rachrreads's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The MC was so whiny and repetitive. Even with the AI entities wanting to kill the humans in Infinity, she struggles with fighting them. This book could’ve been cut down 20% by getting rid of Nami’s struggle.
The twist at the end would’ve wrecked me had I actually cared about the characters. The relationships lacked substance.
The twist at the end would’ve wrecked me had I actually cared about the characters. The relationships lacked substance.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail
janvpals's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Death and Gun violence
Moderate: War