Grace’s Reviews > A Discovery of Witches > Status Update

I'm really thinking the popularity of this book is really a reflection of the time it was published. At least that is what I'm telling myself. Because I have no other explanation for it.

It's readable and it has moments but it's not good. And it doesn't even have teenage angst to explain some of the more juvenile behaviour by certain characters.

Well, both audiobooks I have on the go are kinda busts. The good news is, they're audiobooks, so they should be done with quickly.

The thing with this book is that it seemingly decided the most boring parts of Twilight was the foundation by which this book will be structured. It's tedious in its exposition and vagueness while drip feeding information and plot points.

Pretty sure I FOMO'd this ebook. I just remember this being popular in the early 2010s and that was enough for me to grab it while it was on sale.

I am questioning my memory though. Because the way this is written is boring. It's spending way too much time on the wrong damn things than the actual interesting shit. And it doesn't sport the prose to excuse it as a slow burn.

And it's nearly 600 pages...

Nearly 100 pages in and I have very little idea what is going on or what kind of story this is telling. For a moment I thought it was going to be some kind of paranormal adventure of sorts. But now it's shaping up into a romance? And I'm asking what's the point of all the other stuff so far. Very confusing.