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Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin
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Review for non Critical Role fans: it was meh. Average fantasy story. Didn’t bring anything new to the genre. An easy read yes, a fulfilling one? Not that I can say. If I didn’t have any prior attachment to these characters I would have put this book in my did not finish pile. I was bored and dreaded picking it back up. I only pushed through because of its attachment to the main characters being from Critical Role.
Review for fellow critters: This is my biggest let down of the year tbh. I just didn’t enjoy it. It dragged on, the story felt pointless, and I’m questioning why this is the format they chose to tell the twins backstory. Essentially, I feel like the plot lacked any real substantial backbone. It didn’t feel relevant as it didn’t really provide the amount of new information I was looking for when committing to a novel based on beloved characters.
The most interesting part of this was the flashbacks to when the twins were younger. Couldn’t we have just gotten a whole book of that? I’d have preferred it. I’m just not convinced that I read the same book other Critters are raving about. I’ve read many fantasy books and LOVE the weekly journey Critical Role takes us on but this attempt to mesh the two just did not work.
I will say, what saved this novel from being a one star for me is that I did feel like the twins were authentic and well written. Their banter was some of the only good pieces in this novel. But did that bring anything new to the table? No. And it certainly did not feel like a critical role episode.
I would honestly have loved if they had just brought this to the screen in a one shot or series of one shots to explore the twins backgrounds and to see Liam & Laura interact in person as these characters going through their past.
It was just a total miss for me. 2 stars.
Review for fellow critters: This is my biggest let down of the year tbh. I just didn’t enjoy it. It dragged on, the story felt pointless, and I’m questioning why this is the format they chose to tell the twins backstory. Essentially, I feel like the plot lacked any real substantial backbone. It didn’t feel relevant as it didn’t really provide the amount of new information I was looking for when committing to a novel based on beloved characters.
The most interesting part of this was the flashbacks to when the twins were younger. Couldn’t we have just gotten a whole book of that? I’d have preferred it. I’m just not convinced that I read the same book other Critters are raving about. I’ve read many fantasy books and LOVE the weekly journey Critical Role takes us on but this attempt to mesh the two just did not work.
I will say, what saved this novel from being a one star for me is that I did feel like the twins were authentic and well written. Their banter was some of the only good pieces in this novel. But did that bring anything new to the table? No. And it certainly did not feel like a critical role episode.
I would honestly have loved if they had just brought this to the screen in a one shot or series of one shots to explore the twins backgrounds and to see Liam & Laura interact in person as these characters going through their past.
It was just a total miss for me. 2 stars.
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March 25, 2021
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to-read
March 25, 2021
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November 30, 2021
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Started Reading
November 30, 2021
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November 30, 2021
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audible
December 17, 2021
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Finished Reading
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Feb 08, 2022 11:15PM
I love CR with all my heart and I feel exactly the same way. This was so boring and pointless, even though Vex is my favorite character from C1
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I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way - as a new Critter with C3 and LOVM, and as a fantasy reader, this fell flat on both levels. Didn't even feel like it sketched in much background detail about the characters, or be anything other than an excuse for the characters to be "there".
I also struggled to finish it. I read it in a long car ride and the third time I reacted negatively my sister finally asked me about it. There’s no meat to the actual story bc it’s all in the flashbacks.
I tried to get into this book thrice so far. I am a critter and was thus really enthusiastic, but besides the lacking plot I also thought it isn't really well written. I couldn't find a flow to get into. I agree that a miniseries of oneshots would probably have been more exciting and eventually more satisfying.
I completely agree. I haven’t watched the originals on Youtube and don’t really have time to, so I was hoping this would fill in some blank spaces. But this book was incredibly boring. The plot felt pointless. The characters were one-dimensional. It could have been less than a third of its length and still contain the most important parts.
Wow absolutely spot on 👏👏
