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Jo Marie
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The story itself has piqued my interest but Urquhart's writing leaves much to be desired. There is a blatant ignorance of the golden rule of story craft, "Show, don't tell."
— Nov 05, 2023 06:19AM
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Jo Marie
is on page 207 of 242
Pacing is so bad! It's so slow and generic until the "big reveal" on page 155 and then it feels as if the author rushed to finish the last third of the book. Reveal is also trash with the author Hardly leaving any breadcrumbs for the reader to follow. It was as if I asked my friend what they were wearing to a party and they said, a blue dress but when I got there they went, "Ha! I'm wearing pants! Fooled you!"
— Nov 12, 2023 06:38AM
Jo Marie
is on page 127 of 242
Her writing hasn't gotten any better. Attempts to plant seeds and hints of ideas are very ham-fisted. Characters have little to no dimension. We have the smart, evil villain and the smart, heroic lady-scientist. There isn't much to their personalities aside from that. The only saving grace is I want to know how tbe story ends. Apparently there is a twist I haven't gotten to so I'm excited to see what's up with that.
— Nov 08, 2023 06:41AM
