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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Very fun, although somewhat predictable.
Initially, this book slightly irritated me. Partly due to the first-person narration. I seem to be reading a lot of first-person lately, I don't usually mind it but this felt clunky.
However, the story began to drag me in. I didn't feel that the narrator was keeping anything back, this made the journey more exciting. Some characters felt like window dressing but on the whole likeable.
I'm reading straight on to book two.
However, the story began to drag me in. I didn't feel that the narrator was keeping anything back, this made the journey more exciting. Some characters felt like window dressing but on the whole likeable.
I'm reading straight on to book two.
Elizabeth Grey is a 16-year old girl trained to be an elite magically-enhanced witch hunter in Anglia, an alternate England, and working for this world's version of Oliver Cromwell. In Anglia the various supernatural creatures, witches and wizards are persecuted and to perform magic or even possess herbs is to risk being burned at the stake. Then Elizabeth is accused of witchcraft and has to be rescued by people that she thinks are her enemies.
All reviews are subjective, almost by definition. This review however is extremely subjective because I've now read at least four books with almost the same setting and premise in the last year and this is the second one in just over a month. And this is by far the worst of them.
I generally like YA. However, as with other genres, it has it's overused tropes, and this book overuses every one of them. Dead/absent parents, check. Love triangle, check. Teenage girl with super fighting skills, check. Lonely, rejected, but beautiful girl who just needs to loved, check. Fated love beyond all rational explanation, resounding check. It's formulaic and trite, but unchallenging and mostly fun, at least if you haven't read basically the same book several times in the last year.
All reviews are subjective, almost by definition. This review however is extremely subjective because I've now read at least four books with almost the same setting and premise in the last year and this is the second one in just over a month. And this is by far the worst of them.
I generally like YA. However, as with other genres, it has it's overused tropes, and this book overuses every one of them. Dead/absent parents, check. Love triangle, check. Teenage girl with super fighting skills, check. Lonely, rejected, but beautiful girl who just needs to loved, check. Fated love beyond all rational explanation, resounding check. It's formulaic and trite, but unchallenging and mostly fun, at least if you haven't read basically the same book several times in the last year.
Star rating: 2.5 stars
I probably would have enjoyed this novel more when I was a teenager but now at 30 years old all I could see were the inconsistencies in this books plot. Definitely not my cup of tea anymore. Maybe I'm just getting old.
I probably would have enjoyed this novel more when I was a teenager but now at 30 years old all I could see were the inconsistencies in this books plot. Definitely not my cup of tea anymore. Maybe I'm just getting old.
Unfortunately, The Witch Hunter was a let down :/ I guess I liked it/thought it was okay. Didn't especially love the plot. I didn't connect to the characters that easily. Props for the world though! I definitely could see elements of both fantasy and alternative history.
3.5/5.
Cadı Avcısı bitti. Çok fazla merak edip okumak istediğim bir kitap değildi aslında, baskısını görünce dayanamayıp almıştım. Okudum ve artı bir şey göremedim. Yine de sıkıldığımı da söyleyemem. Devam kitabını alır mıyım? Şu an belirsiz ama çok yüksek bir ihtimal ile seriye devam etmem.
Cadı Avcısı bitti. Çok fazla merak edip okumak istediğim bir kitap değildi aslında, baskısını görünce dayanamayıp almıştım. Okudum ve artı bir şey göremedim. Yine de sıkıldığımı da söyleyemem. Devam kitabını alır mıyım? Şu an belirsiz ama çok yüksek bir ihtimal ile seriye devam etmem.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No