cali’s Reviews > Hollow > Status Update

I WILL finish this today 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

I’ve not touched any book for 3 days because I’m dreading resuming this…

If this wasn’t for book club, I would’ve DNFed this by now

And there was only one bed

I would love if the authors trusted us to infer some of the symbolism instead of immediately explaining what something connotes.

The writing is terrible. It’s written so poorly - characterisation where?

The scenes develop into the most nonsensical path…

I have left several notes in my ebook with “wtf is going on.”

Why are you acting like that? Why did you just do that?

Every chapter is plagued with telling 🥲

I’m getting frustrated reading this. I don’t feel I’ve learnt anything new about this world since Chapter 2. For me, it’s boring to read non stop action. I don’t care about these people. I don’t understand their world, and what drives them to survive.

Clearly, I prefer political fantasies over this.

I want the world to develop more and it’s going nowhere.

- the world hasn’t been set up enough for me to be rooting for any of these champions OR feel invested in the FMC’s (Ferris) family past
- this book is in first person and annoyingly, she has to remind us in every chapter that she’s Not Like Other Girls

This book is making me feel empty. I don’t care how they go in the woods. I hardly understand how they live… none of it is clear

ngl I’m in the mood for something fast-paced so I am speed reading this faster than usual