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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
3.5/5
This book was so interesting. I loved how it showed different characters and how they really did change throughout the story. My problem with the book is that when it would switch perspectives there was nothing on the new chapter page telling you that it did. With that it was sometimes hard to follow the characters and some I feel got pushed aside. I can’t wait to read the next book and hopefully see how this ends!
This book was so interesting. I loved how it showed different characters and how they really did change throughout the story. My problem with the book is that when it would switch perspectives there was nothing on the new chapter page telling you that it did. With that it was sometimes hard to follow the characters and some I feel got pushed aside. I can’t wait to read the next book and hopefully see how this ends!
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Rating: 2.5 Stars
I met Mimi at BookExpo in 2018 and she is so sweet and amazing (and has some pretty amazing tattoos) and it easily one of my highlights of the conference. But The Girl King has sat on my bookcase since June when in November I finally decided to give The Girl King a try and I made it about 20% before I put it to the side and said I would go back to it. It sucks when you are really excited for a book and then just don't love it. Sadly that was the case with The Girl King. It is beautifully written Asian inspired fantasy that will have you immersed from the first page. But my relationship with this book is: "It's not you, it's me."
The first few chapters I was really intrigued and eager to learn what was going on. Like I said, The Girl King is beautifully written and Mimi did not spare one second on building her characters. Each POV is distinctive and you could just tell by their voice whose POV you were reading from. The world is lush and the traditions are beautiful. Mimi created two sisters who are complete and total opposites and each with motives of their own for wanting the throne.
My biggest problem was that by 50% point of The Girl King nothing much had really happen. Where the book started off nicely with world building that made complete sense, but the halfway mark my head was spinning. This totally might be a me issue and maybe with The Girl King not being the book for me. But this book is almost 500 pages long, so by pretty much 250ish pages I really wasn't sure what was going on. The time frame also jumps a lot, so in Min's POV suddenly a month has passed by but it doesn't seem like that in Lu's POV at times.
Overall I really think The Girl King just wasn't for me and it was more of a me issue then the actual book. I do encourage you to pick this book up because it does contain beautiful writing and it has been loved by so many so far. I am excited to see what Mimi is going to write after The Girl King with all things considered.
Rating: 2.5 Stars
I met Mimi at BookExpo in 2018 and she is so sweet and amazing (and has some pretty amazing tattoos) and it easily one of my highlights of the conference. But The Girl King has sat on my bookcase since June when in November I finally decided to give The Girl King a try and I made it about 20% before I put it to the side and said I would go back to it. It sucks when you are really excited for a book and then just don't love it. Sadly that was the case with The Girl King. It is beautifully written Asian inspired fantasy that will have you immersed from the first page. But my relationship with this book is: "It's not you, it's me."
The first few chapters I was really intrigued and eager to learn what was going on. Like I said, The Girl King is beautifully written and Mimi did not spare one second on building her characters. Each POV is distinctive and you could just tell by their voice whose POV you were reading from. The world is lush and the traditions are beautiful. Mimi created two sisters who are complete and total opposites and each with motives of their own for wanting the throne.
My biggest problem was that by 50% point of The Girl King nothing much had really happen. Where the book started off nicely with world building that made complete sense, but the halfway mark my head was spinning. This totally might be a me issue and maybe with The Girl King not being the book for me. But this book is almost 500 pages long, so by pretty much 250ish pages I really wasn't sure what was going on. The time frame also jumps a lot, so in Min's POV suddenly a month has passed by but it doesn't seem like that in Lu's POV at times.
Overall I really think The Girl King just wasn't for me and it was more of a me issue then the actual book. I do encourage you to pick this book up because it does contain beautiful writing and it has been loved by so many so far. I am excited to see what Mimi is going to write after The Girl King with all things considered.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hot fury lanced her gut. "I wasn't made to torment you," she snarled. "I wasn't made for you at all. I was made for me."
Review to come!
Review to come!
Sisters, magic, emperors, betrayal, gods, wolves and more. Fast paced from page one, Girl King is a good read.
*Gabriela voice* I've got to move on~
Sigh.
I wanted to like this book so badly, but I can't help feeling like I'm reading a first draft. It's clear that Lu hates her mother, but what has the woman ever done to her? Mimi hates her sister, but we rarely see them interact? Is Omair like a father to Nok or are they merely acquaintances, who can tell? Perhaps the book really lifts of in the second half, but reading shouldn't feel like a chore.
Then again, if someone would've given me this book a couple years ago, I would probably have rated it 5 stars. Dear The Girl King, it's not you, it's me.
Sigh.
I wanted to like this book so badly, but I can't help feeling like I'm reading a first draft. It's clear that Lu hates her mother, but what has the woman ever done to her? Mimi hates her sister, but we rarely see them interact? Is Omair like a father to Nok or are they merely acquaintances, who can tell? Perhaps the book really lifts of in the second half, but reading shouldn't feel like a chore.
Then again, if someone would've given me this book a couple years ago, I would probably have rated it 5 stars. Dear The Girl King, it's not you, it's me.
The writing style of this book was very good, however, I just wasn't that interested in it. While the idea of the story was somewhat original, I just felt like it could have been so much more.