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Somehow I failed to realize that this was about two surly teenagers.
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Oh well, only 397 more pages to go!
— Jul 10, 2023 06:24PM
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Oh well, only 397 more pages to go!
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I'm now at the stage where my normally intense spoiler-aversion gives way to the need to read reviews in the hope of finding motivation to keep going. In other words, I can see the DNF from here, but I'm still resisting it.
— Jul 11, 2023 07:26PM
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Jul 11, 2023 12:42AM
Oh! I have this one, the cover lured me in. I'll wait for your take on it :D
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I apparently own this one, yet have no recollection of buying it. Hmm. Curious to see how it goes for you 🤔
@Rosa and @Anomaly — Guys, I'm struggling. At this point I wouldn't mind if all the characters (every single last one of them) died. Although given that this world is chock-full of necromancers, death wouldn't necessarily put an end to them. Maybe then they'd just be stuck as surly teenagers FOR ALL TIME. 😫
Uh-oh... not reassuring...
Oh no. This doesn't bode well!
I also have this on my tbr so your assessment is not encouraging. Especially since I was waiting to own the whole series before starting, I may start earlier than that now...
Agla, I was *so* sure I was going to like this! I read the sample, thought it was awesome, and bought the book based on that. (On sale, of course, because I am a cheapskate.) And I *almost* bought the 2nd book (when it went on sale), that's how confident I was. But wow, I am just not feeling it. At least, not in a good way. Definitely feeling it in an annoyed way.
@teal that's too bad my friend, hate thay feeling. I have this book on KU and bought the 2nd or 3rd book on sale as well so I'm a cheapskate too 😉
I tried it a while back and just couldn't get into it. I don't mind the teenagers, I just didn't like the writing or the setting.
I got it as a freebie and I know that I finished it, even though there was much eye-rolling involved. So, I think there is something there. I just can't remember what it is.The world-building is pretty amazing, when it's not super confusing. Which is all the time but there is is a story there. too.
Oh, yes, okay, at one point they get to the quest and then it gets kind of interesting. Because, y'know, quest.
All in all, the author is a bit too full herself IMHO but if I finished a couple hundred pages I didn't even pay for, there must be something there. I can't have been THAT bored out of mind.
Faint praise. I wish I had written a review at the time. I think there are some good bones (no pun intended) but...
Least constructive comment ever made. I know. Sorry about that. No hand-holding available.
Lori S. wrote: "I tried it a while back and just couldn't get into it. I don't mind the teenagers, I just didn't like the writing or the setting."Haha for me it's exactly the other way around. Looks like we're going to end up at the same place, though.
WhatAStrangeDuck wrote: "I think there are some good bones (no pun intended) but..."*snort*
I like the world-building — or at least I like the gusto with which she's approached it, all batshit bananapants OTT-ness. But these characters... ugh. They're borderline unbearable.
