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Three Eight One
by Aliya Whiteley
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
2.5 stars
thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a free ebook in exchanged for a free honest review.
i wanted to enjoy this book since i really loved “skyward” by this author and while that book was strange and uniquely different it was interesting throughout and that made me enjoy it a lot.
this book started similarly well… the first 20% or so where interesting, different and while completely unexplained it was still fun in a strange way.
but after that it was just strange and repetitive in what was happening and the story began to become too unexplained and sadly kept going that way.
for me to enjoy a strange book it must either keep my interest with its strangeness and go somewhere with that OR it must somewhere get explained and start to make sense and be less strangely unexplainable.
sadly this book didn’t do either.and so it started to lose me and my interest after 30% when it all just became too strange and no exponential was to be seen.
and while i liked the writing well enough it wasn’t done that fantastically that it carried the book alone.
since there is no real character exploration or building that helps the story along - or a plot that start to make sense at some point… this book was just strange.
overall this book for readers who just want read something utterly unique and don’t mind never learning what’s happening or going on.
if you need more -as i do- i sadly can’t say i recommend this one.
the saddest thing for me about this is, that if anything -from the quest to the cha or the first character somehow got build out more, explained more or just made into something that fit together or had an actual real connection in some way? this could have been great.
the ideas are there the bios up in those first 20% is great….
but as it is it reads like a mess that didn’t want to come together and nobody bothered to even try and see if they could make it work and make it into something better if not great.
thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a free ebook in exchanged for a free honest review.
i wanted to enjoy this book since i really loved “skyward” by this author and while that book was strange and uniquely different it was interesting throughout and that made me enjoy it a lot.
this book started similarly well… the first 20% or so where interesting, different and while completely unexplained it was still fun in a strange way.
but after that it was just strange and repetitive in what was happening and the story began to become too unexplained and sadly kept going that way.
for me to enjoy a strange book it must either keep my interest with its strangeness and go somewhere with that OR it must somewhere get explained and start to make sense and be less strangely unexplainable.
sadly this book didn’t do either.and so it started to lose me and my interest after 30% when it all just became too strange and no exponential was to be seen.
and while i liked the writing well enough it wasn’t done that fantastically that it carried the book alone.
since there is no real character exploration or building that helps the story along - or a plot that start to make sense at some point… this book was just strange.
overall this book for readers who just want read something utterly unique and don’t mind never learning what’s happening or going on.
if you need more -as i do- i sadly can’t say i recommend this one.
the saddest thing for me about this is, that if anything -from the quest to the cha or the first character somehow got build out more, explained more or just made into something that fit together or had an actual real connection in some way? this could have been great.
the ideas are there the bios up in those first 20% is great….
but as it is it reads like a mess that didn’t want to come together and nobody bothered to even try and see if they could make it work and make it into something better if not great.