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lizshayne 's review for:
A Tempest of Tea
by Hafsah Faizal
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I can't tell if it was genuinely slow or took me over a week to read and therefore I experienced it as slow.
Today in "tea and heists, why didn't I like it?" books -
I think some of it was the secret-keeping for plot purposes and I don't love when I notice that the third person close narration is inside a character's head but deliberately obscures information from the reader. If the reveal can't stand up to the narration, don't make it a reveal.
And some of it was trying to read in November 2024 so, like, who am I to adequately assess anything anyway ever?
Poor book; maybe if things had been different.
Today in "tea and heists, why didn't I like it?" books -
I think some of it was the secret-keeping for plot purposes and I don't love when I notice that the third person close narration is inside a character's head but deliberately obscures information from the reader. If the reveal can't stand up to the narration, don't make it a reveal.
And some of it was trying to read in November 2024 so, like, who am I to adequately assess anything anyway ever?
Poor book; maybe if things had been different.