Review:
*I received an ecopy of this book via NetGalley. This has not influenced my review.*
This was a good book with a cool premise about humans and elves living in domes with a dystopian society post-apocalypse.
I think the reason it didn’t fully click with me though was because the book was more focused on plot than characters. It was the characters’ motivation that moved the plot forward, but there were a lot of POVs with related but different things going on so that the reader could get a full understanding of life in the domes, the problems, the history, the secrets, the brewing rebellion, etc. There’s nothing wrong with that, it just didn’t allow for getting to know the individual characters super well. So whether or not that would be an issue depends on your taste. And it is a series, so you might get to know the characters better as it goes on.
One thing I appreciated was that the author didn’t leave the reader hanging with a bunch of mysteries and no answers the way authors often do in the first book of a series.
I also liked the friendship between Ripley and Felix. It’s nice to see strong friendships in books.
Overall, the focus on plot over characters made this book not quite for me, but I did enjoy the story, converging storylines can be fun, and the author clearly has some plans for where this series is headed, what with the way things ended. I think plenty of people will enjoy this.
Recommended For:
Anyone who likes post-apocalyptic societies, elves, and multiple POVs.
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I love the idea of this, but I think I would have issues with the small amount of character development as well. I need that emotional connection that comes from falling in love with characters 😁
Same, it’s too bad this one didn’t have more character focus.
I recently read The Poppy War by RF Kuang and it surprised me because it was very much a plot driven book and I am such a character driven reader. But I feel like conventionally books are character driven these days, so I was surprised it was otherwise. For that reason, I don’t think this is going to be one for me for that reason but I am glad you could enjoy other elements of it !
Yeah, it’s hard when you’re a character-driven reader and you come across a plot-driven book, because it’s not necessarily a bad book, just not one for us.
This does sound like a really cool book and I’m sorry to see that it didn’t quite click as it was more plot-driven than character-driven. With the two characters trying to find a way to save the one guys kids you’d kind of think it would be a little more character-driven. I get the scene need to be set and the world developed so you’d have an understanding of this world and the issues I’m just sorry that meant it lost a little something along the way.
Yeah, I really wanted to feel more connected to them, but it’s hard with so much set up.
Kristen, thanks so much for taking the time to read & review Three Days Till Dawn! I really appreciate it!!
No problem!
I love books with strong friendships – do you think you would continue with the series even though you didn’t love this one?
Karen @ For What It’s worth
I like friendships too, but, tbh, I’m not planning on continuing. I just don’t think the series is for me.