I started reading this thinking it might be interesting to see how different the show and original source material was. 

But... there were way too many pop culture references for me in the first two pages, and I already know the twists, so decided why bother?

The opening was immediately so contrived.

I listened to this on audio and the narrator was annoying.

The two adults just seemed like awful and stupid people who shouldn't be raising a child.

Absolutely nothing made me want to continue, and everything made me want to stop reading. 

This book just seems to be full of stupid people and French stereotypes. The 'mystery' wasn't anywhere near compelling enough for me to want to continue. 

I'm also sure that if each character wasn't narrated by a different person I'd have a very hard time telling their personalities apart - none of the characters are very developed and it's all tell, no show. 

I've no real comments on the novel itself, but the audio narration was just not good. It sounded like high school play acting at times, and I didn't care enough about the story to carry on listening to it. 

I thought I'd give this a try seeing as it is/was everywhere. 

I'm either too old for it, or have read far too many better YA fantasy books to find this one interesting. I'm only 23 pages in and everything seems so contrived and childish. 

I already feel like I know exactly how the story will go, and the characters aren't anywhere near intriguing enough for me to continue just for them.

This is exactly why I don't trust hype.

This book did absolutely nothing for me, especially compared to the previous trilogies.
 
It has none of the depravity that made the previous series' good, which just turns it into a miserable fantasy rather than an interesting/challenging one.
 
Because I've been in this world so much and know the lore well, I've learned basically nothing new about the Land in this book, which is one of the things I enjoy most in fantasy. The second trilogy had a lot of new things to process with the Sunbane, travelling to new places etc., but this one has nothing apart from moodier Haruchai. 
 
At 50% there's basically no plot. They've just been traipsing through mountains and giving confusing explanations about ur-viles and demondim spawn.
 
Linden as the main protagonist is BORING. Thomas Covenant was interesting because he's a pure anti-hero. Yes, it could be difficult to read at times, but at least it was interesting. Linden has nothing apart from sometimes mentioning her son - but she doesn't worry about him enough to make that an interesting characteristic. 

Maybe I'll pick it up again at some point, as I glean from other reviews that Thomas Covenant does actually return. But at 50% with literally nothing happening, I'm just done. 

My prevailing thought whenever I picked this up was that it's just a not-as-well-written version of The Grapes of Wrath. 

The Grapes of Wrath is one of my favourite books. It keeps you reading through the desperation and tragedies of the characters with it's beautiful writing style and evocative descriptions.

This book is not that. It's just boringly written poverty/disaster porn. No thank you. 

I just didn't really care about the plot enough to want to continue. I also didn't particularly like the writing style, and the narrator was getting on my nerves a little bit (I love an accent, but when the meaning of a word is changed by an accent, it's an issue). 

I did like the magic concept, but not enough to finish the book. 

My prediction for the book is that the 'unattractive' guard with the sharp, angular face (my god, how unattractive, almost as if that's seen as the peak of attractiveness) will be a love interest AND the vigilante. If this is the case, then I'm 100% validated in my decision to stop reading. 

It was clunky and I didn't really care

Just too nice for me. I like a bit more spice.