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My Lady Jane
by Cynthia Hand
I have to give credit where credit is due...this book is funny. I honestly laughed out loud so much throughout this book. The writing is incredible. I got such a kick out of the bits where the narrators address the readers to acknowledge characters actions and other plot points. This book reads like a breath of fresh air.
So then why did I only give it three stars? Unfortunately I just didn't care about the story. The plot wasn't boring, it just didn't interest me. I was able to keep reading out of curiosity, but didn't have any thoughts or feelings in regards to what I wanted to happen. I think my issue here is that this is a historical fiction book that tells an alternative account of "real" events. So while so much of this is fictional, there was only one way for it to end, so I didn't really have anything to worry or care about in regards to the plot. Which isn't unusual for historical fiction, but I just didn't really care at all about this alternative story. The whole concept of people turning into animals and their supporters vs the non supporters was just didn't do it for me. Also there was a severe lack of character growth & development in this story. Most of the changes that the characters make are correlated to their romantic feelings and I can't help but feel that there was a lot of room and potential for something more than that.
The changing of POVs isn't usually something I mind, but I really only cared for Jane's POV throughout this book. Edward and G just fell flat for me. *shrugs*
Between Jane and the writing this book probably could have scraped 4 stars from me BUT I think a lot of the jokes and references went over my head.
Apparently the other two books in the series are told in the same type of way, but about different characters so I will definitely give those a shot!
So then why did I only give it three stars? Unfortunately I just didn't care about the story. The plot wasn't boring, it just didn't interest me. I was able to keep reading out of curiosity, but didn't have any thoughts or feelings in regards to what I wanted to happen. I think my issue here is that this is a historical fiction book that tells an alternative account of "real" events. So while so much of this is fictional, there was only one way for it to end, so I didn't really have anything to worry or care about in regards to the plot. Which isn't unusual for historical fiction, but I just didn't really care at all about this alternative story. The whole concept of people turning into animals and their supporters vs the non supporters was just didn't do it for me. Also there was a severe lack of character growth & development in this story. Most of the changes that the characters make are correlated to their romantic feelings and I can't help but feel that there was a lot of room and potential for something more than that.
The changing of POVs isn't usually something I mind, but I really only cared for Jane's POV throughout this book. Edward and G just fell flat for me. *shrugs*
Between Jane and the writing this book probably could have scraped 4 stars from me BUT I think a lot of the jokes and references went over my head.
Apparently the other two books in the series are told in the same type of way, but about different characters so I will definitely give those a shot!