owen .ᐟ’s Reviews > A Skinful of Shadows > Status Update

Okay, so I’m beginning to understand why this book has some not-so-great reviews. I still like it quite a bit, but what I liked especially about the book was the eeriness—and it feels like that’s just fading in and out. Every other chapter, the book seems to become a TGGTVV-esque historical fiction rather than the horror story with historical elements I came for. Bummer! The writing is just a little worse too.

Really good so far! Despite me having a relatively low attention span and tolerance for filler, this is keeping me spectacularly invested. That is to say, there is no excess filler and the story is very compelling. No complaints, really—especially not after Alien Clay (urk).

I have no clue if I’ve said this before—I probably have—but why the hell does this book have so low of a rating on here?! Going into this blind, having only read the blurb at the back, I can’t see anything particularly wrong with it. It’s very well-written (to the point where Hardinge’s writing has my imposter syndrome acting up) and the characters are very likeable.

It’s very interesting so far and I like the characters; reminds me of TGGTVV so far. No idea why it only has 3-4 stars on here?