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loganshouldreadmore 's review for:
Flightless Bird
by Bret Bucci
Full Review at www.loganashleyleduc.com
Alright well first of all, the cover is gorgeous. I was absolutely in love with it the second I opened the package from my mailbox.
The title of the book had me a little confused and honestly, even after reading the blurb about it, I still didn't understand where the name came from. It was only after reading a few chapters in that the name made sense and I understood why it was titled what it was.
The characters - well, Lial was cool, but on a personal level, he seemed jumpy. He didn't seem to flow or develop in an gradual sense - he just seemed to pick what mood he was in or how he felt and then jumped to something else the next time we heard from him. He wasn't consistent and that bothered me with a character.
Sage, on the other hand, was too consistent. Her goals throughout the book never shifted and she fought for what she wanted. But there were too many times where I wanted to just shake her and yell "WHAT ARE YOU DOING." She wasn't the brightest in all situations and did things that were the complete opposite of what I felt the scene was setting her up to do.
Then came the plot.
Honestly, there were points in this book that I was uncomfortable. There were some really graphic scenes that made me want to squirm but at the same time, the characters weren't responding the way I thought they would.
Let me make something clear here, because I probably sound like I didn't like this book. The book was good. It just seemed disconnected. Like there were all the good pieces but they weren't put together in the right order. They just needed a little bit more polishing up and boom, there would be a masterpiece.
There were points where I wanted to stop reading and just not finish, but then something would happen where I really got excited and looked forward to what was to come. So I finished it and it turns out that it was a good read.
Alright well first of all, the cover is gorgeous. I was absolutely in love with it the second I opened the package from my mailbox.
The title of the book had me a little confused and honestly, even after reading the blurb about it, I still didn't understand where the name came from. It was only after reading a few chapters in that the name made sense and I understood why it was titled what it was.
The characters - well, Lial was cool, but on a personal level, he seemed jumpy. He didn't seem to flow or develop in an gradual sense - he just seemed to pick what mood he was in or how he felt and then jumped to something else the next time we heard from him. He wasn't consistent and that bothered me with a character.
Sage, on the other hand, was too consistent. Her goals throughout the book never shifted and she fought for what she wanted. But there were too many times where I wanted to just shake her and yell "WHAT ARE YOU DOING." She wasn't the brightest in all situations and did things that were the complete opposite of what I felt the scene was setting her up to do.
Then came the plot.
Honestly, there were points in this book that I was uncomfortable. There were some really graphic scenes that made me want to squirm but at the same time, the characters weren't responding the way I thought they would.
Let me make something clear here, because I probably sound like I didn't like this book. The book was good. It just seemed disconnected. Like there were all the good pieces but they weren't put together in the right order. They just needed a little bit more polishing up and boom, there would be a masterpiece.
There were points where I wanted to stop reading and just not finish, but then something would happen where I really got excited and looked forward to what was to come. So I finished it and it turns out that it was a good read.