I won't go into the comparisons with other hyped books nor the (mis)categorisation of genres that's bothered others, as it's splitting hairs at this point and I don't want to burden the book with the missteps made by the publicity dept. Here, you must look at the story as a whole. The plotline might not be all that original, no, it has vibes from "Vespertine," and the characters aren't all that unique either. There's plenty of "rookie mistakes" writing-wise, but I believe its positives outweighed them and made this a good story better than I'm accustomed to seeing from debutante authors, in fact, and more so from YA debutantes that are more hype than substance. But it surprised me pleasantly, and despite expecting the worst, I ended up liking it.Īs a début book, it isn't as polished as it should be. I confess I was quite wary of this book because of someone telling me it was what "For the Wolf" was supposed to be and other details that both lowered my expectations and put me on alert for a negative outcome. IMO, if you like Caraval, you'll like this book. It had the potential to put me in a reading slump. But instead of forcing myself, I decided to stop and move on. Yeah am let down by it and do believe it is overhyped. I would have liked to know more about Nightmare but I stopped caring about it. The characters were boring and I didn't like anyone. The cards significance took me a while to understand and I was not impressed.Ĥ. The world building and the plot did not make much sense to me. It does have goth YA vibes to it but nothing too impressive.ģ. It is written in a very bland way and comes across as if facts are being presented but all jumbled up, rather than a story being written. I saw so many people love this book, so many positive reviews for this and it did make my expectations rise unrealistically high.Ģ. Am sorry y'all, I can't with this book □ I wanted so badly to love it, but the more I tried the more it disappointed me.ġ.
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