Review: WONDER WOMAN WARBRINGER
Title: Wonder Woman Warbringer
Series: DC Icons Book #1
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Page count: 369
Date published: 31 August 2017
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Thank you to Penguin Random House SA for sending this my way
Rating: (2.5 out of 5 stars)
Synopsis
She will become a legend but first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning… Diana is desperate to prove herself to her warrior sisters. But when the opportunity comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law to save a mere mortal, Alia Keralis. With this single heroic act, Diana may have just doomed the world. Alia is a Warbringer – a descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery. Diana and Alia will face an army of enemies, mortal and divine, determined to destroy or possess the Warbringer. To save the world, they must stand side by side against the tide of war.
This is also the TOPPING THE TBR November book of the month which book club I host along with a few other friends – here are some links if you’d like to know more:
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Our December book is Warcross by Marie Lu so be sure to read with us if you’d like.
MY THOUGHTS
*NO MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS AHEAD*
So as you can see by my rating, I didn’t really enjoy this book. It was a real struggle to read because I was just not enjoying myself. I was only a few chapters in and found myself very bored. But I kept on thinking it might get more enjoyable, but unfortunately it did not and I still didn’t like it.
I found the majority of the characters were irresponsible and immature. Their actions were not well thought out and they made plenty wrong of decisions. This book had lots of humour and I found Diana was a steady character and I liked her.
I found Leigh’s writing style quite enjoyable and I’m still excited to read her books from the grishaverse. I actually liked reading the fight scenes, and I found those well done. I just think way more could’ve been done with the overall plot. I did enjoy the very last chapter and have no critiques on that. But the ending was predictable. I also did enjoy the mythology because I could mostly understand that.
Even though I didn’t enjoy myself as much as I had wanted to, I think I’d continue on with the rest of the series. Characters weren’t great, although I did like the diversity among them and but didn’ts find myself gripped.
Have you read this book? What are your thoughts? Or is it still on your TBR?
xo
Ruby Rae Reads
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9 Comments
Jenn @ Bound to Writing
This one is still on my TBR. But I have been hearing a lot of varying reviews of this one lately. I enjoyed reading your review!
Ruby Rae Reads
Yeah you should give it a go, see what you think and let me know
thecursedbooks
Lovely review! I think I mostly read positive review on this, but it’s always interesting to see what people disliked about a book (especially the very popular ones). I’m interested in this one because I love Wonder Woman as a character, she’s very badass and complex! ❤
Ruby Rae Reads
Thanks. Definitely give it a go – i just struggled to connect with the characters making me dislike it. Love to see what you think once you get to it xx
ioana @dragonwaffles
I am sad that you ended up not liking it and this was your introduction to Leigh’s books. I PROMISE YOU SIX OF CROWS IS SO MUCH BETTER 😂!! I’ll still give it a try because umm Wonder Woman is queen and I want more of her!!
Ruby Rae Reads
OMG I didn’t see your comment. Yeah it sucks, but I am still DYING to read SoC. also definitely give it a go and hopefully you’ll like it more than I did
Kathy @ Books & Munches
I’ve just finished this one yesterday and I think I liked it a bit more than you did. Although sometimes Diana felt to me like she should’ve had a little more sass. She doubted herself quite often and it got on my nerves – although it does make sense but.. I don’t know. Still annoyed me, haha.
Loved Nim, though! She’s probably my favorite character out of the whole bunch.
Ruby Rae Reads
Yeah, I think Diana was a bit nervous most of the time. Nim actually annoyed me quite a bit, but it’s just my taste in character
Kathy @ Books & Munches
Understandable. I just thought some sass would fit in perfectly with her sometimes well-put funny comments.
Nim’s definitely one you like or dislike, that’s true!