DNF @ PG. 114

I’ve been wanting to read this forever, and I absolutely hated the writing. It was like every other paragraph we got info-dump after info-dump. With the very little dialogue in here came a break. The breaks included half of paragraph of inner monologue, more info dumping, or mindless descriptions. Along with the writing, these characters weren’t compelling, nor had they any chemistry, and the world building was just info-dumping. I just can’t do it anywhere. Even after trying the audiobook to see if it was just me I couldn’t do it.

And I honestly don’t know if I didn’t like this because of me or just the book itself. I haven’t read YA fantasy in literal months (unfortunately, I think I’m outgrowing it a lot just due to me getting older and reading more complex fantasy), so maybe it’s my personal tastes clouding a really good book? Or maybe it really is just bad. Whatever the reason, I unfortunately didn’t like Crier’s War at all, and I’m really sad about it.

Reading every book on my physical TBR: 77/360