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eesh25's review against another edition
DNF (stopped at 50% exactly)
So, we ended here...
It's not uncommon for me to take a while to finish a book. I tend to start too many at once and am then forced to put most of them aside while I focus on two or three. But with this book, I spent a week actively trying to read it. I would open it multiple times a day and push myself through as many pages as I could bear. But it was starting to make me hate words, so I had to stop.
Truthwitch is a book I enjoyed. And I was excited about the series because I liked all of the characters. Even the two female protagonists, something that's doesn't happen too often in YA. Windwitch had its issues, but I was hoping things would improve. And I held on to the hope, even when Sightwitch didn't work for me either. This was the last straw. Even the fondness I hold for Merik or Iseult couldn't get me through it. And I blame the writing.
By the way, if you want to know what the plot of this book is, I'd suggest reading the Goodreads synopsis because, even after over 200 pages, I have no fucking clue.
This was a convoluted mess. It had like ten different point-of-views, most following completely different, unrelated storylines. Each storyline had its own set of characters, it's own setting, and it's own poorly explained conflict. Some even involved poorly explained politics. And the author seemed to expect the reader to know all of it. Never mind that I was already struggling to figure out the important parts, without all the homework. Which brings me to my next point.
So many descriptions... So many. This is the part that was making me hate words. Because while the world-building in this series had been minimal, present in the form of little sprinkles of random information, it sure gives a detailed description of every fucking object.
I don't know who told Susan Dennard that readers need to know what every single thing any of the characters ever encounter looks like. But they were lying! We don't need a close-up of that rock on the side of the road or the leaves of that tree, or the pattern on that random building. Because none of that is relevant to the plot! Instead, it's just filling the book with pages and pages of nothing!
Unless you count the inner-whinings of the characters. And yes, I'm qualifying it as whining. A few paragraphs a few times in a book are thoughts-slash-musings. A few paragraphs every other page... that's whining.
To conclude, I ran out of patience with the lack of sense the book was making. And I know I've been very mean to it. It's gotten a lot of great reviews, so maybe the issue is with me. But I was finding it almost impossible to care about anyone or anything, so I'm done. Read at your own peril.
So, we ended here...
It's not uncommon for me to take a while to finish a book. I tend to start too many at once and am then forced to put most of them aside while I focus on two or three. But with this book, I spent a week actively trying to read it. I would open it multiple times a day and push myself through as many pages as I could bear. But it was starting to make me hate words, so I had to stop.
Truthwitch is a book I enjoyed. And I was excited about the series because I liked all of the characters. Even the two female protagonists, something that's doesn't happen too often in YA. Windwitch had its issues, but I was hoping things would improve. And I held on to the hope, even when Sightwitch didn't work for me either. This was the last straw. Even the fondness I hold for Merik or Iseult couldn't get me through it. And I blame the writing.
By the way, if you want to know what the plot of this book is, I'd suggest reading the Goodreads synopsis because, even after over 200 pages, I have no fucking clue.
This was a convoluted mess. It had like ten different point-of-views, most following completely different, unrelated storylines. Each storyline had its own set of characters, it's own setting, and it's own poorly explained conflict. Some even involved poorly explained politics. And the author seemed to expect the reader to know all of it. Never mind that I was already struggling to figure out the important parts, without all the homework. Which brings me to my next point.
So many descriptions... So many. This is the part that was making me hate words. Because while the world-building in this series had been minimal, present in the form of little sprinkles of random information, it sure gives a detailed description of every fucking object.
I don't know who told Susan Dennard that readers need to know what every single thing any of the characters ever encounter looks like. But they were lying! We don't need a close-up of that rock on the side of the road or the leaves of that tree, or the pattern on that random building. Because none of that is relevant to the plot! Instead, it's just filling the book with pages and pages of nothing!
Unless you count the inner-whinings of the characters. And yes, I'm qualifying it as whining. A few paragraphs a few times in a book are thoughts-slash-musings. A few paragraphs every other page... that's whining.
To conclude, I ran out of patience with the lack of sense the book was making. And I know I've been very mean to it. It's gotten a lot of great reviews, so maybe the issue is with me. But I was finding it almost impossible to care about anyone or anything, so I'm done. Read at your own peril.
yodamom's review against another edition
4.0
Arguh ! Cliffhanger, cliffhanger, cliffhanger ! Dang it ! I realy really wanted to know who lived and who did what and..... I'll just have to wait.
Great fun, lots of death, magic, semi lusty feelings (i think, it's complicated), backstabbing, power struggles and a cute bat.
Great fun, lots of death, magic, semi lusty feelings (i think, it's complicated), backstabbing, power struggles and a cute bat.
abbyl819's review against another edition
4.0
Starting out, I struggled to recall the events of the last two books and all of the characters, since this book jumps right back in. Once I remembered more then I started to enjoy it more. I really enjoyed all of the different perspectives in this book, since we got to read from the point of view of so many beloved characters in this series. This book also saw the return of many other characters and had a few reuniting scenes. I will say that occasionally I got bored with a certain character’s perspective and just wanted to get back to Safi and Iseult, but I can see how they were all important to grasp the full picture of what was happening. Since the perspective switches so often it disrupts the sequence of action, so I thought that this book was slow for the first half but it did pick up in the end when their stories started to come together. I like how Aeduan has grown as a character and he definitely continues to do so through the story. So much is learned about these characters and his world in this book. I will comment that I definitely recommend reading Sightwitch before this one, since I think it allows you to have a more complete understanding of the location and what is happening in many of the scenes at the end.
*I received an advanced reader copy from the publisher via BookishFirst for review*
*I received an advanced reader copy from the publisher via BookishFirst for review*
reneesbookshelves's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
sccrethistory's review against another edition
5.0
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Bloodwitch es sin duda el mejor de la saga de Witchlands de Susan Dennard. Entramos un poco más en la perspectiva de uno de los personajes más interesantes de la saga, Aeduan, y es que este Bloodwitch tiene cosas MUY interesantes que contar.
Me ha encantado seguir leyendo la historia de todo lo que está pasando en este mundo y como Susan acaba TODOS sus libros con un plot twist y ahora ya no puedo coger el siguente libro y leerlo del tirón, me toca esperar.
Mi personaje favorito sigue siendo de cabeza Iseult, pero es que su relación con Aeduan y lo muchísimo que se desarrolla esto me tiene loca.
Hay muchas cosas que necesito del siguiente libro y que como no pasen, más de una línea por favor Susan QUE NOS CONOCEMOS Y YO ME EMOCIONO Y LO QUE ESPERO DURA UNA LINEA.
Simplemente está saga mejora a cada libro y tiene mucho que contar.
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Bloodwitch es sin duda el mejor de la saga de Witchlands de Susan Dennard. Entramos un poco más en la perspectiva de uno de los personajes más interesantes de la saga, Aeduan, y es que este Bloodwitch tiene cosas MUY interesantes que contar.
Me ha encantado seguir leyendo la historia de todo lo que está pasando en este mundo y como Susan acaba TODOS sus libros con un plot twist y ahora ya no puedo coger el siguente libro y leerlo del tirón, me toca esperar.
Mi personaje favorito sigue siendo de cabeza Iseult, pero es que su relación con Aeduan y lo muchísimo que se desarrolla esto me tiene loca.
Hay muchas cosas que necesito del siguiente libro y que como no pasen, más de una línea por favor Susan QUE NOS CONOCEMOS Y YO ME EMOCIONO Y LO QUE ESPERO DURA UNA LINEA.
Simplemente está saga mejora a cada libro y tiene mucho que contar.
vasilisav's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0