Jeannie’s Reviews > Darkdawn > Status Update

Trying to get back into this. I guess the problem I have with this trilogy is the style of the writing. The prose is rife with hyperbole and metaphors that are so poetic they actually fail to improve one's visualisation of a character/scene. I've already mentioned feeling weary of the bad language, it really doesn't do much for the book, and Mia is actually very hard to relate to in this.

I got so out of this book, but I will finish it in the next couple weeks. I have enjoyed the plot but find the characters' motives a bit hard to understand.

You know... the plot is really good. But I'm not a fan of the style. Some people will love it, some people will hate it. It's not that I mind the violence. I just find the tone pretentious beyond words. The fact that the author knows how pretentious he sounds and makes a joke of it doesn't make it any less pretentious imho. Only more so.

Starts with a bang, that's for sure. I couldn't stop reading last night even though I was exhausted. But having just finished Chapter 15 I have to say my distaste for sex scenes in books has reached an all time high. I HATE reading sex scenes.