teaqueen's review against another edition
Badly and annoying written. Very boring. I got to 36 pages and skimmed until the inevitable plane crash happened and she saw a mermaid then I was so over it.
From the first page it's weird, the main character is home alone and starts talking out loud to herself ... We didn't need that. I can't even pretend to want to go into more detail, the character is boring and her life sounds boring but it's so badly written I can't see the book improving at all.
I'd be too embarrassed to give this book to a friend or put it on a bookswap shelf.
The author's newer books are much better, I liked the Partholon and Tales of a New World series' but now I've read this I realise how much recycling of themes and plots there are which is disappointing.
From the first page it's weird, the main character is home alone and starts talking out loud to herself ... We didn't need that. I can't even pretend to want to go into more detail, the character is boring and her life sounds boring but it's so badly written I can't see the book improving at all.
I'd be too embarrassed to give this book to a friend or put it on a bookswap shelf.
The author's newer books are much better, I liked the Partholon and Tales of a New World series' but now I've read this I realise how much recycling of themes and plots there are which is disappointing.
taracipri's review
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
The book is very good, plot interesting and has a nice ending. I cried a lot. But what wasn't that convincing to me was how Isabel and other ladies just like that accepted CC. If we compare mindset of Middle age people with CC-ies comments they would definitely think she is a witch or an evil spirit. Isabel wouldn't trust her story and even if she did she would be scared because she was raised and lived closed minded strict catholic life. Woman should have obeyed men. Some comments of CC where too impulsive and not well thought of, she could've lost her head for that. Today's extreme feminist approach wouldn't work then at all, it was strict patriarchy. Other than that, very lovely.
greylandreviews's review against another edition
4.0
I'm going to be loving her goddess summoning series because I plan to get them all... I'm obsessed with her earlier work. I give this book 4.5. stars
antigoniselena's review against another edition
1.0
***Audiobook from Audible***
I had to DNF at 30% complete because it only got interesting as of CHP 8 and honestly it just felt like The Little Mermaid with extra steps. She starts off as a 25 year old in our modern time.... Then she prays to a sea goddess while drunk, then while on a flight the flight CRASHES, she turns into a mermaid... but more of a freaky-friday body swap with a mermaid that makes her hotter.. then the sea goddess tells her she can go to this land and if she can make a man fall in love with her then she can just stick to legs.... and then she ends up in a time period with medieval-prince-arthur-vibe people. Yeah it is alot and not in a good way.
To boot, the narrator is super robotic and just... bad. I am shocked I didn't give up sooner.
I had to DNF at 30% complete because it only got interesting as of CHP 8 and honestly it just felt like The Little Mermaid with extra steps. She starts off as a 25 year old in our modern time.... Then she prays to a sea goddess while drunk, then while on a flight the flight CRASHES, she turns into a mermaid... but more of a freaky-friday body swap with a mermaid that makes her hotter.. then the sea goddess tells her she can go to this land and if she can make a man fall in love with her then she can just stick to legs.... and then she ends up in a time period with medieval-prince-arthur-vibe people. Yeah it is alot and not in a good way.
To boot, the narrator is super robotic and just... bad. I am shocked I didn't give up sooner.
sailor_moon239's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
zoet's review against another edition
3.0
April 8, 2017
Looking back on this book I was surprised that it said Read...
Do you ever have those books that were so inconsequential, you don't remember them at all? Even after you read the reviews, the summary, the synopsis in full, hawk-eyed detail you can't pull up any memories whatsoever???
How sad...
Looking back on this book I was surprised that it said Read...
Do you ever have those books that were so inconsequential, you don't remember them at all? Even after you read the reviews, the summary, the synopsis in full, hawk-eyed detail you can't pull up any memories whatsoever???
How sad...
alyssa_dorene's review against another edition
3.25
Almost thought there would be no HEA and that just about killed me
gealva's review
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0