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eliette's Reviews (51)
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oh man, this was gorgeous.
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Listen, I get it. Cool girl in a cool band in the '70s. I'm very down. It could have been great, but the format just killed it for me. Reid's writing was lovely, but the interview-style format really restricted her. You always hear about the 'show, don't tell' rule of writing, and this is a great example of why. Because interviews are just people speaking the entire novel was characters telling you what was going, and usually I don't mind a little telling. I can forgive it if the story is good. This just took it way too far. She tried to mitigate it a little by having some unreliable narration, but ultimately it just made reading unenjoyable.
I think she could have had a great story, it just fell really flat. If you liked the sound of, pick up a different TJR book.
I think she could have had a great story, it just fell really flat. If you liked the sound of, pick up a different TJR book.
Trite, cliché, and full of terrible black and white, us vs you, morality. It's like he wanted to be super woke but didn't actually have anything to say. Sad, because his earlier books were pretty good but it's like he has run out of stories. Avoid this if you can.
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adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This took me a long time to get into, but it did get better as I got further along. The magic was interesting and the world was absolutely fabulous! I gave this book a whole star just for the Londons, wow!
I really loved Kell, and I enjoyed his chapters. I do wish the book had explored his relationship with Rhy a bit better though, because I loved their relationship but it all felt very surface level. It could have been the relationship at the heart of the book, and that would have been fantastic.
There were a couple of other interesting characters. The Dane twins were pretty cool, as was Holland. My biggest struggle, and basically the reason the book lost two stars for me, was Lila. She is the epitome of 'not like other girls' and because of that read very flat. She is the type of character who feels she had suffered, and noone else has suffered because they haven't experienced her exact situation. Ugh.
Overall, worth a read and I'm going to be picking up the next in the series.
I really loved Kell, and I enjoyed his chapters. I do wish the book had explored his relationship with Rhy a bit better though, because I loved their relationship but it all felt very surface level. It could have been the relationship at the heart of the book, and that would have been fantastic.
There were a couple of other interesting characters. The Dane twins were pretty cool, as was Holland. My biggest struggle, and basically the reason the book lost two stars for me, was Lila. She is the epitome of 'not like other girls' and because of that read very flat. She is the type of character who feels she had suffered, and noone else has suffered because they haven't experienced her exact situation. Ugh.
Overall, worth a read and I'm going to be picking up the next in the series.