NOTE: I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
After all the praising reviews I saw of this novel, I thought that I should read it too. But I can only say that I was disappointed very much. I was expecting a spectacular story, that would grab me from the very first page and would leave me aching for more. Instead, what I got was a poorly told story with no purpose, that left me wondering what was the idea of it at all.
To be honest, the quality of the story sort of improved after the first half was thru, but I do not think that a book could be called good if it's such only from the middle on. I mean, many people will stop reading before they reach the point where the story started to get interesting. I even have friends who gave up reading before they reached that point, and I completely understand them. After all, if a book doesn't grab us from the very beginning, we wouldn't want to waste our time reading on, unsure whether we'd end up liking it at all.
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I suggest you read the novella prequels, that explains a lot about Celaena and who she is now.
ReplyDeleteYeah, so I've been told. However, I firmly believe that a novel should include ALL the needed information for a reader to form an opinion about the characters. Prequels are just some recent fashion for authors and publicists to make more sales. I don't think that I should read a bunch of prequels to learn who Calaena was in reality - that's the novel's job. If the novel didn't accomplish it, then I sure am not gonna waste time on reading prequels. ;)
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