Alana’s Reviews > The Ivory Key > Status Update

Still haven't found the key despite having all the map pieces etc. It's gotten clunky in the middle. I thought the different sibling perspectives would offer something new each chapter but the structure is just kinda blending it all together, almost like you really don't need a chapter focusing on one sibling when it repeats what happened in the other sibling's chapter.

So my biggest issue with this book so far is that, as it's part of a duology, the main goal of the story is dragged right out. Like it's been over 100 pages and not much has happened. At this rate, they'll be leaving on the quest for the Ivory Key in the last 10 pages, which wouldn't be cool. At least follow the book synopsis! Gah! Different character chapters are okay probably because it's not first person.

So far it's alright. I like the different narratives of the siblings but I worry about that being repetitive (like something happens to one character in their chapter and then immediately the next character says the same thing in their chapter right away). I wish there was a little more world building. Like there's the gist but I couldn't really picture too much.