Ebook, 435 Pages
YA/ Fantasy
By: Naomi Novik
Rating: ๐๐
โWhat an unequaled gift for disaster you have.โ
๐ After a bad experience with Spinning Silver, I decided to give the author yet another chance and I even put SS on hold to take the final decision which I took after finishing this: Naomi Novik’s writing style is just not for me.
๐ I feel like you won’t know until you try, and it won’t take long according to my experience with those 2 books, after a few chapters you would either be in love or you will feel that it is a recipe for disaster as the above quote says!
๐ The beginning of this book was actually good and I thought that I am glad I am giving her another chance! A few chapter ahead and I was struggling to move on…
Ahmed, who was doing a BR with me, gave up after 2 chapters because he thought it was so boring and slow which I agree with.
๐ The characters were also not to my liking, Agnieszka is the typical YA “Special Gurl” that turns suddenly from zero to hero and “The Dragon” is not a dragon and the rest is history. The romance did not work for me too.
๐ The synopsis was good, but the pacing did not help at all, the over descriptions were killing me! I looked up a summary after finishing this book and it was a good one but short which confirmed that not much happens in this dense book and it could have been like 50% smaller!!
๐ Summary: I gave this book 2 stars although I didn’t like most of it, but there were a few moments were it would capture my attention and then lose me with the overzealous writing. The plot was OK but other than that it was just not for me. I am sorry Naomi, but I am glad you have many fans which I am not one of!
It’s always a shame when you end up not liking a book with a lot of hype, but at least you gave Naomi a second chance after Spinning Silver!
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Yup, I feel like “what’s wrong with me”
I always give each author 2 chances before taking a major decision. I learned that by reading Agatha Christie’s books. the first one I read was bad, the second and third are on my fav list!
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I should possibly give a few authors a second chance then! Robin Hobb is probably the biggest name for me that I just haven’t been able to get into.
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I am reading one of her books this year ๐
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Surprised to see this rating for a popular book ๐ค Hoping to read it sometime soon ๐
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That’s why it is such an unpopular opinion!
Hope you have a better experience.
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