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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
DNF @ 45%
I have tried really hard to give this book a good go of it, but I just can’t. I don’t care about who killed the rich man, and I don’t care about why. On top of it, the way Molly’s blatant neurodivergency is being handled is frustrating to me, and everyone except one character seems to mishandle and manipulate her for it. I already find mental health misuse in thrillers the easy way out, but this is frustrating to another level. Additionally, everything is convenient and easily figured out. This would be fine for a beach read if our main character wasn’t so badly treated and badly written.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
DNF @ 45%
I have tried really hard to give this book a good go of it, but I just can’t. I don’t care about who killed the rich man, and I don’t care about why. On top of it, the way Molly’s blatant neurodivergency is being handled is frustrating to me, and everyone except one character seems to mishandle and manipulate her for it. I already find mental health misuse in thrillers the easy way out, but this is frustrating to another level. Additionally, everything is convenient and easily figured out. This would be fine for a beach read if our main character wasn’t so badly treated and badly written.
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Reviewing this story is difficult for me, as it has all the elements of things I like. The usage and execution of those things, however, fell flat on its face. The pacing of this doesn’t seem to make much sense, and I tended to find it jarring. Things would happen quickly, in a blink and you miss it kind of way. Then, things would slow back down to a snail’s pace- or we would switch points of view.
I really wanted to like this story. It’s queer, it has witches, there is an evil society of power-hungry people. Yet, the writing really didn’t allow me to enjoy it to its fullest extent. There was nothing wrong per se with the book- but it felt like reading the second draft rather than an almost final edition. It could have done well with more fleshing out, and a little bit more aging up of the character interactions.
Blog review to be posted at a later date.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Reviewing this story is difficult for me, as it has all the elements of things I like. The usage and execution of those things, however, fell flat on its face. The pacing of this doesn’t seem to make much sense, and I tended to find it jarring. Things would happen quickly, in a blink and you miss it kind of way. Then, things would slow back down to a snail’s pace- or we would switch points of view.
I really wanted to like this story. It’s queer, it has witches, there is an evil society of power-hungry people. Yet, the writing really didn’t allow me to enjoy it to its fullest extent. There was nothing wrong per se with the book- but it felt like reading the second draft rather than an almost final edition. It could have done well with more fleshing out, and a little bit more aging up of the character interactions.
Blog review to be posted at a later date.
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
3.5 stars, rounded up.
This is my second book from Hawkins, and it feels similar in the way the pacing works. You hit the ground running with these, but there is a lull midway through that makes getting to the end a bit of a struggle. When all the pieces came together, it leaves something to be desired. All the pieces get tidied up in such a neat way, that it’s almost unsatisfying to see. You have no questions, no misunderstandings, but it still feels too far-fetched for anyone to get away with what they do.
The book was intriguing enough to binge read, but the ending left me disappointed. The final third of the book is a bit of a journey to even get to, and when you do, everything starts getting cleaned up incredibly quickly. At times, it feels like Hawkins forgot she needed to wrap the book up, so she did it as quickly as possible. I enjoyed the book, but it could have been a little tidier all in all.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
3.5 stars, rounded up.
This is my second book from Hawkins, and it feels similar in the way the pacing works. You hit the ground running with these, but there is a lull midway through that makes getting to the end a bit of a struggle. When all the pieces came together, it leaves something to be desired. All the pieces get tidied up in such a neat way, that it’s almost unsatisfying to see. You have no questions, no misunderstandings, but it still feels too far-fetched for anyone to get away with what they do.
The book was intriguing enough to binge read, but the ending left me disappointed. The final third of the book is a bit of a journey to even get to, and when you do, everything starts getting cleaned up incredibly quickly. At times, it feels like Hawkins forgot she needed to wrap the book up, so she did it as quickly as possible. I enjoyed the book, but it could have been a little tidier all in all.
