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3.62 AVERAGE
This wasn't the most well-written or well-paced book I've ever read, but it was fun and kept me engaged!
Dunno if this was due to that I was reading the German translation of this but there were often parts I felt could still use a little editing. Some phrases sounded a bit sappy, especially some dialogue that was cringeworthy.
The book lacked depth when it comes to all aspects. I didn't find the characters believable enough; they were too stereotypical for me, or rather two dimensional. Elizabeth is faceless and certainly not a heroine who is memorable. The strongest character in my opinion was Fifer but even she's not fleshed out enough for me. I liked John, he's the only side character we get glimpses on the past, but they're just glimpses who couldn't fill the gaps of a well-rounded character. I wanted to like them all but they're lost to the world building and the plot.
The world building was great. The author did her research on Medieval England and I loved the little things that were visible and added details to the world. I liked the alternative universe stuff where the Reformation was the emancipation of witches and wizards. That's a cool idea but a good world building isn't a guarantee to an engaging plot. It wasn't complex enough for me, to be quite honest. The motivations and the goals were too superficial, and some arguments just sounded like cheap excuses.
Nevertheless, the story succeeded in entertaining me. There were parts where I didn't want to stop reading (but also, where I just couldn't bring myself to pick up the book). I'm not certain I'll read the second one but we'll see.
The book lacked depth when it comes to all aspects. I didn't find the characters believable enough; they were too stereotypical for me, or rather two dimensional. Elizabeth is faceless and certainly not a heroine who is memorable. The strongest character in my opinion was Fifer but even she's not fleshed out enough for me. I liked John, he's the only side character we get glimpses on the past, but they're just glimpses who couldn't fill the gaps of a well-rounded character. I wanted to like them all but they're lost to the world building and the plot.
The world building was great. The author did her research on Medieval England and I loved the little things that were visible and added details to the world. I liked the alternative universe stuff where the Reformation was the emancipation of witches and wizards. That's a cool idea but a good world building isn't a guarantee to an engaging plot. It wasn't complex enough for me, to be quite honest. The motivations and the goals were too superficial, and some arguments just sounded like cheap excuses.
Nevertheless, the story succeeded in entertaining me. There were parts where I didn't want to stop reading (but also, where I just couldn't bring myself to pick up the book). I'm not certain I'll read the second one but we'll see.
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.
Actual rating 4.5
When I first read the blurb for The Witch Hunter, I thought I would love this book and I couldn't wait to dive in. Then, I started seeing all the hype surrounding it, and I feared it wouldn't be as good as I was expecting it to be. I just tend to have a bad relationship with really hyped books... So I put it aside. Until now. And wow, did I like this book! Now I've actually finished reading it, I'm kicking myself for leaving it so long. It wasn't a disappointment at all! In fact, it's easily one of the best books I have read this year so far.
Right from the very start, I was immediately drawn into the story. The setting is an alternative 16th-century England where magic has been banned and witches and wizards are now being hunted by witch hunters, and I really enjoyed the way the author dealt with the world building. I could understand how things worked, and even some of the main events that had brought that situation to life without ever feeling like I had just been given a lecture in the history of Anglia. Of course, this is a fantasy novel, so most of the stuff that happens doesn't really make a lot of sense if closely examined, but I did find it easy to suspend disbelief and just go with it. The merit for this definitely goes to the writing. The descriptions weren't too heavy, the narrator wasn't overwhelming and most of the dialogue was really witty and well-constructed.
As for the characters themselves, I ended up really liking all of them. I had some difficulties getting attached to Elizabeth, the main character, initially. But as the story progressed, and she developed as a character developed, I started to feel a stronger connection with her. The growth she undertakes throughout the novel is just great, and I felt like I really saw her develop and mature in front of me. The romance was also really cute. I particularly liked how it developed slowly and didn't take over the whole plot. It was just there, on the sidelines, which is exactly where it should have been. I also liked how each of the secondary characters had a part to play to make sure that things went the way they were supposed to. Of course, not everyone's personalities were incredibly well developed, but I guess that's kind of normal when there are as many characters as there were here. I do hope we'll get to know those under-developed characters better in the sequel.
Overall, this was a really great read and I highly recommend it to everyone! A nicely-paced fantasy with good characters and settings. There were quite a few twists throughout, and even though a few very predictable, it did manage to surprise me a couple of times. Definitely a new favourite series for me!
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Actual rating 4.5
When I first read the blurb for The Witch Hunter, I thought I would love this book and I couldn't wait to dive in. Then, I started seeing all the hype surrounding it, and I feared it wouldn't be as good as I was expecting it to be. I just tend to have a bad relationship with really hyped books... So I put it aside. Until now. And wow, did I like this book! Now I've actually finished reading it, I'm kicking myself for leaving it so long. It wasn't a disappointment at all! In fact, it's easily one of the best books I have read this year so far.
Right from the very start, I was immediately drawn into the story. The setting is an alternative 16th-century England where magic has been banned and witches and wizards are now being hunted by witch hunters, and I really enjoyed the way the author dealt with the world building. I could understand how things worked, and even some of the main events that had brought that situation to life without ever feeling like I had just been given a lecture in the history of Anglia. Of course, this is a fantasy novel, so most of the stuff that happens doesn't really make a lot of sense if closely examined, but I did find it easy to suspend disbelief and just go with it. The merit for this definitely goes to the writing. The descriptions weren't too heavy, the narrator wasn't overwhelming and most of the dialogue was really witty and well-constructed.
As for the characters themselves, I ended up really liking all of them. I had some difficulties getting attached to Elizabeth, the main character, initially. But as the story progressed, and she developed as a character developed, I started to feel a stronger connection with her. The growth she undertakes throughout the novel is just great, and I felt like I really saw her develop and mature in front of me. The romance was also really cute. I particularly liked how it developed slowly and didn't take over the whole plot. It was just there, on the sidelines, which is exactly where it should have been. I also liked how each of the secondary characters had a part to play to make sure that things went the way they were supposed to. Of course, not everyone's personalities were incredibly well developed, but I guess that's kind of normal when there are as many characters as there were here. I do hope we'll get to know those under-developed characters better in the sequel.
Overall, this was a really great read and I highly recommend it to everyone! A nicely-paced fantasy with good characters and settings. There were quite a few twists throughout, and even though a few very predictable, it did manage to surprise me a couple of times. Definitely a new favourite series for me!
Want to read more reviews? Go visit Book For Thought!
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I received a copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
Heard a lot of good things about this book and so was super stoked to get the chance to review this! It was a good read but not a favorite of this year's crop of new YA books/series.
Likes:
The supporting characters were amazing! Fifer was my favorite. You hated her but then loved her and her feisty personality. They really made the story come together as a whole. Their whole relationship is funny and made me laugh quite a bit.
The historical setting was really well done. So much detail and world building is done. I would have wanted more but it was good enough.
NO LOVE triangle or whatever you wanna call it!
Dislikes
Elizabeth is annoying. She is naive and weak-willed and I felt like she didn't grow as a character as much as I would have liked. She didn't think for herself and had to have everyone else tell her what to think/do. Fifer would have been a much better main character than Elizabeth.
The plot is predictable. There really weren't any surprises and it follows the same YA trend as the others. The first part was a little boring and I started to skim just to get to the exciting parts. Not until the second half does it really pick up and even then its not all that amazing.
Overall, it was a good quick read and I might keep it on my radar for the next book in the series but wasn't as blown away as I thought I would have been.
Heard a lot of good things about this book and so was super stoked to get the chance to review this! It was a good read but not a favorite of this year's crop of new YA books/series.
Likes:
The supporting characters were amazing! Fifer was my favorite. You hated her but then loved her and her feisty personality. They really made the story come together as a whole. Their whole relationship is funny and made me laugh quite a bit.
The historical setting was really well done. So much detail and world building is done. I would have wanted more but it was good enough.
NO LOVE triangle or whatever you wanna call it!
Dislikes
Elizabeth is annoying. She is naive and weak-willed and I felt like she didn't grow as a character as much as I would have liked. She didn't think for herself and had to have everyone else tell her what to think/do. Fifer would have been a much better main character than Elizabeth.
The plot is predictable. There really weren't any surprises and it follows the same YA trend as the others. The first part was a little boring and I started to skim just to get to the exciting parts. Not until the second half does it really pick up and even then its not all that amazing.
Overall, it was a good quick read and I might keep it on my radar for the next book in the series but wasn't as blown away as I thought I would have been.
Witches. Witch hunters. Love and adventure. Whats not to love?
It took me a bit of getting into but after I did I really enjoyed it ( the delay was my own personal biased of the word "wizard". I fell in love with the characters and loved the relationships Elizabeth formed with her would be enemy's. I loved the blend of fantasy and realism of the witch hunts in England during that period. Will be reading the second instalment ASAP!!!
It took me a bit of getting into but after I did I really enjoyed it ( the delay was my own personal biased of the word "wizard". I fell in love with the characters and loved the relationships Elizabeth formed with her would be enemy's. I loved the blend of fantasy and realism of the witch hunts in England during that period. Will be reading the second instalment ASAP!!!
I couldn’t put this book down. I read it in a few hours, and I was really pleasantly surprised by it. I didn’t really have high expectations going into the book, and I’m really glad I didn’t because I think that while this book was really good, it wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read. I was a little hesitant at the beginning, because it was hard to get into right away. I’m glad I kept going with it, because I think it did a really good job of telling a somewhat predictable story in an interesting way. I also think it would have been super easy for there to be a love triangle, so I’m so glad that never wound up happening. I also felt like the romance happened very slowly, and seemed natural instead of the rushed insta-love popular in YA. Overall, I really liked this book and I’m definitely going to pick up the next book.
I went into WITCH HUNTER hoping I would find an awesome female character I could really root for and an exciting plot, but sadly, WITCH HUNTER was a mostly uninspiring read.
Elizabeth Grey is a witch hunter, dedicating her life to capturing those who use magic and making sure they get the punishment they deserve. When she's accused of being a witch herself, she's sent to prison and sentenced to burn at the stake. But she is rescued from prison by Nicholas Perevil, the most notorious and powerful wizard in Anglia. It turns out that Nicholas is weakening, cursed by an unknown wizard, and he asks Elizabeth's help in finding the person who cursed him and breaking the curse. As Elizabeth makes friends with the people she's always been told are her greatest enemies, she must reconsider everything she holds true.
I'm sad to say that I didn't particularly care about any of the characters. I found Elizabeth herself bland, and none of the characters really came to life for me at all. I was especially disappointed that Boecker didn't really explore Elizabeth's emotions about a certain thing that happened prior to the book – I thought it would have impacted Elizabeth a lot more emotionally and that Elizabeth would at least dwell on it occasionally, but Elizabeth barely even thinks about it. Maybe once in the whole book does Elizabeth think about it after it's first revealed. I thought that if more had been done with this, I would have been able to connect with Elizabeth a lot more.
Fifer, a witch that Elizabeth meets, and Schuyler, Fifer's revenant boyfriend, are probably the two most interesting characters as they have a little more spark to them and they are somewhat ambiguous. I would've liked to know more about them and their seemingly rather turbulent romance and Schuyler's backstory – I mean, he's a revenant! What's it really like for a human to date a revenant? But we really don't find out enough about revenants in general in this book. I also enjoyed reading about Fifer's initial antagonism towards and mistrust of Elizabeth and how the two slowly warm to each other over the course of the book.
The plot is mostly quite predictable, but it engaged me enough for me to keep reading. There was one really exciting fight scene; I would have loved more fight scenes! The climax of the book was quite intriguing as well because it revolves around not knowing whether something's real or not, and I always love that – when you're forced to question what you're reading and whether it's all just an illusion. I think in fact more could have been made of it.
The worldbuilding is a little lacking – like I said above, we don't find out enough about revenants, and one of the most interesting characters is a revenant! There are quite a few magical creatures mentioned offhandedly but I'd really like to have had a more detailed explanation of what the differences are between them and what's unique to these creatures in this world. The magic is just very run-of-the-mill as well; there's not a detailed magic system or anything.
Overall, WITCH HUNTER is just a bit too ordinary. There's nothing about it that really grabs me.
Elizabeth Grey is a witch hunter, dedicating her life to capturing those who use magic and making sure they get the punishment they deserve. When she's accused of being a witch herself, she's sent to prison and sentenced to burn at the stake. But she is rescued from prison by Nicholas Perevil, the most notorious and powerful wizard in Anglia. It turns out that Nicholas is weakening, cursed by an unknown wizard, and he asks Elizabeth's help in finding the person who cursed him and breaking the curse. As Elizabeth makes friends with the people she's always been told are her greatest enemies, she must reconsider everything she holds true.
I'm sad to say that I didn't particularly care about any of the characters. I found Elizabeth herself bland, and none of the characters really came to life for me at all. I was especially disappointed that Boecker didn't really explore Elizabeth's emotions about a certain thing that happened prior to the book – I thought it would have impacted Elizabeth a lot more emotionally and that Elizabeth would at least dwell on it occasionally, but Elizabeth barely even thinks about it. Maybe once in the whole book does Elizabeth think about it after it's first revealed. I thought that if more had been done with this, I would have been able to connect with Elizabeth a lot more.
Fifer, a witch that Elizabeth meets, and Schuyler, Fifer's revenant boyfriend, are probably the two most interesting characters as they have a little more spark to them and they are somewhat ambiguous. I would've liked to know more about them and their seemingly rather turbulent romance and Schuyler's backstory – I mean, he's a revenant! What's it really like for a human to date a revenant? But we really don't find out enough about revenants in general in this book. I also enjoyed reading about Fifer's initial antagonism towards and mistrust of Elizabeth and how the two slowly warm to each other over the course of the book.
The plot is mostly quite predictable, but it engaged me enough for me to keep reading. There was one really exciting fight scene; I would have loved more fight scenes! The climax of the book was quite intriguing as well because it revolves around not knowing whether something's real or not, and I always love that – when you're forced to question what you're reading and whether it's all just an illusion. I think in fact more could have been made of it.
The worldbuilding is a little lacking – like I said above, we don't find out enough about revenants, and one of the most interesting characters is a revenant! There are quite a few magical creatures mentioned offhandedly but I'd really like to have had a more detailed explanation of what the differences are between them and what's unique to these creatures in this world. The magic is just very run-of-the-mill as well; there's not a detailed magic system or anything.
Overall, WITCH HUNTER is just a bit too ordinary. There's nothing about it that really grabs me.
This book got a lot of buzz, so I was excited to read it. I have to say, though, it reads to me much more like a middle grades book than YA (except for, y'know, the sex references). The world building is thin (the set-up felt rushed and confusing) and the characters are less complicated and more cliche than what I'd expect in YA vs. MG. There is a lot of spelling things out for readers where leaving it as subtext might have been a nice touch, and a few confusing plot holes. I tried to stick it out but with just 60 pages to go I had to admit to myself that I just did not care enough about the story or characters to hang in there.
Dej sa odohráva v stredovekej verzii Anglicka a v nie až tak alternatívnej histórii, v ktorej vláda vydala zákony zakazujúce mágiu. Ktokoľvek, kto má schopnosti alebo ho len nájdu s podozrivými bylinkami, je automaticky vinný a väčšinou odsúdený na upálenie. Čo otvára takmer až nekonečný priestor na nenávisť a strach. Bežní ľudia väčšinou čarodejníkov nenávidia aj preto, lebo to bol práve čarodej, kto preklial ich krajinu – zoslal na Anglicko mor, ktorý zabil tisícky ľudí a takmer aj celú kráľovskú rodinu.
Už od prvého pohľadu je toto prostredie veľmi pochmúrne a je potrebné si v ňom dávať pozor na každý prešľap. Problém nastáva však hneď po prvých kapitolách, keď sa ukáže, že Victoria Boecker nestráca veľa času opisovaním alebo vysvetľovaním. Anglicko si najskôr dokáže predstaviť každý, tak si povedala, že okrem názvov ulíc nám toho viac netreba. Mágia obišla rovnako skrátka.
Viem, že tam žijú čarodejníci a viem, že niektorí z nich sa venujú vyvolávaním mŕtvych. Ostatné aspekty fungovania mágie som si musela domýšľať na základe prehovorov niektorých postáv, no ani to nestačilo na to, aby som porozumela úplne všetkému. Akúkoľvek otázku by som si položila, jednoznačnú odpoveď by som na ňu nenašla. Možno to však sčasti bolo spôsobené aj tým, kto bol rozprávačom príbehu.
Elizabeth bol vycvičená ako lovkyňa čarodejníc a tým pádom nemá dôvod čokoľvek mi vysvetľovať. Vo svojom odbore je totiž jednou z najlepších. Vie, ako čarodejníci fungujú, pozná ich slabiny i silné stránky a má akýsi morálny kompas, hoci je fakt rozbitý. Určite dôsledkom výchovy. Väčšinu času som mala trochu problém uveriť jej, že je jednou z najlepších, ale na druhej strane dostala dosť príležitostí dokázať mi opak. Nakopávať zadky vie celkom slušne, ale čo sa týka jej emocionálneho prežívania, som si istá, že viac záujmu vo mne vyvolal najnovší leták z Kauflandu.
Podobne ako ona dopadli aj všetky vedľajšie postavy. Sú zaujímavo napísané, ale ostávajú len vpísané na papieri a nikdy sa z nich nestanú trojrozmerné osobnosti. Ploché postavy však nie sú veľmi dobrým ťahačom deja alebo jeho vývoja, takže sa nečudujem, že sa to odrazilo aj na dynamike.
V deji je niekoľko veľmi zaujímavých miest. Či už čo sa týka rôznych odhalení alebo samotnej akcie, avšak sú to len niektoré časti rozprávania. Dynamika teda klesala a stúpala a rovnakým spôsobom sa správala aj moja pozornosť. V strede knihy mohli pokojne všetky postavy upáliť a ja by som pre ne nevyronila ani jedinú slzičku.
Ďalším problémom je aj štýl, akými mi Virginia Boecker servírovala nové zápletky. Spôsob ich opísania aj ich zapracovania bol veľmi účelový, vďaka čomu vznikali nelogické momenty a keď už niečo dávalo zmysel, väčšinou to pokazili postavy so svojimi nereálnymi dialógmi. V čítaní ma síce poháňala túžba zistiť, čo presne to má vlastne Elizabeth vykonať, no ak sa už dostala do problémov, ich riešenie doslova ležalo za ďalším rohom (v tomto prípade stranou).
Tým pádom som si uvedomovala celý čas jediné – toto je práca úplného začiatočníka. Virginia stvorila zaujímavý svet a rovnako aj postavy, ale zabudla im vdýchnuť život. Ich vnútorné prežívanie je len stroho opisované a prostredie je takmer až sterilné. V skutočnosti bolo obyčajnou kulisou, rovnako ako všetko ostatné v tomto príbehu.
Lovkyňa čarodejníc je skôr priemernou knihou, ktorá má v celku zaujímavý námet. Čarodejnice a lovci čarodejníc v poslednom čase skôr upadávajú do zabudnutia, preto ma veľmi potešila snaha Virginie Boecker priviesť ich späť k životu. Bohužiaľ sa jej to nie úplne podarilo. Stredoveké Anglicko je takmer už typická kulisa pre akúkoľvek fantazijnú knihu, preto ma nedokázalo úplne pohltiť. Hoci je pravda, že kruté zákony zakazujúce čarodejníctvo dodávali deju istú temnosť.
Postavy boli tiež skôr priemerné, avšak do deja sa svojim spôsobom hodili a páčilo sa mi, že Virgnia sa snažila vysvetľovať ich správanie a nechcela mi ich charaktery podsúvať len rozdelené na tie zlé a na tie dobré. Námety a zápletky tejto knihy by tiež dokázali obstáť. Niektoré odhalenia boli vskutku zaujímavé a prekvapivé, vďaka čomu mohlo byť čítanie veľmi objavné. Hoci bol dej chudobný po emocionálnej stránke, našla som v ňom naozaj silné momenty.
Táto kniha má teda všetky prvky, ktoré by z nej dokázali urobiť nezabudnuteľný príbeh. Čo sa pokazilo? V podstate nič. Len sa akosi stalo, že celý tento námet sa v autorkiných neskúsených rukách premenil na nemastný-neslaný mix, v ktorom ma nič nepresvedčilo, že by som čítala čosi výnimočné alebo nové. Nemôžem však zabúdať na jediné – áno, táto kniha síce bola po viacerých stránkach priemerná, ale vďaka autorkinmu celkom schopnému štýlu sa aspoň čítala naozaj rýchlo.
recenzia: http://lili-darknight.blogspot.sk/2018/04/z-lovca-sa-stava-korist-lovkyna.html
Už od prvého pohľadu je toto prostredie veľmi pochmúrne a je potrebné si v ňom dávať pozor na každý prešľap. Problém nastáva však hneď po prvých kapitolách, keď sa ukáže, že Victoria Boecker nestráca veľa času opisovaním alebo vysvetľovaním. Anglicko si najskôr dokáže predstaviť každý, tak si povedala, že okrem názvov ulíc nám toho viac netreba. Mágia obišla rovnako skrátka.
Viem, že tam žijú čarodejníci a viem, že niektorí z nich sa venujú vyvolávaním mŕtvych. Ostatné aspekty fungovania mágie som si musela domýšľať na základe prehovorov niektorých postáv, no ani to nestačilo na to, aby som porozumela úplne všetkému. Akúkoľvek otázku by som si položila, jednoznačnú odpoveď by som na ňu nenašla. Možno to však sčasti bolo spôsobené aj tým, kto bol rozprávačom príbehu.
Elizabeth bol vycvičená ako lovkyňa čarodejníc a tým pádom nemá dôvod čokoľvek mi vysvetľovať. Vo svojom odbore je totiž jednou z najlepších. Vie, ako čarodejníci fungujú, pozná ich slabiny i silné stránky a má akýsi morálny kompas, hoci je fakt rozbitý. Určite dôsledkom výchovy. Väčšinu času som mala trochu problém uveriť jej, že je jednou z najlepších, ale na druhej strane dostala dosť príležitostí dokázať mi opak. Nakopávať zadky vie celkom slušne, ale čo sa týka jej emocionálneho prežívania, som si istá, že viac záujmu vo mne vyvolal najnovší leták z Kauflandu.
Podobne ako ona dopadli aj všetky vedľajšie postavy. Sú zaujímavo napísané, ale ostávajú len vpísané na papieri a nikdy sa z nich nestanú trojrozmerné osobnosti. Ploché postavy však nie sú veľmi dobrým ťahačom deja alebo jeho vývoja, takže sa nečudujem, že sa to odrazilo aj na dynamike.
V deji je niekoľko veľmi zaujímavých miest. Či už čo sa týka rôznych odhalení alebo samotnej akcie, avšak sú to len niektoré časti rozprávania. Dynamika teda klesala a stúpala a rovnakým spôsobom sa správala aj moja pozornosť. V strede knihy mohli pokojne všetky postavy upáliť a ja by som pre ne nevyronila ani jedinú slzičku.
Ďalším problémom je aj štýl, akými mi Virginia Boecker servírovala nové zápletky. Spôsob ich opísania aj ich zapracovania bol veľmi účelový, vďaka čomu vznikali nelogické momenty a keď už niečo dávalo zmysel, väčšinou to pokazili postavy so svojimi nereálnymi dialógmi. V čítaní ma síce poháňala túžba zistiť, čo presne to má vlastne Elizabeth vykonať, no ak sa už dostala do problémov, ich riešenie doslova ležalo za ďalším rohom (v tomto prípade stranou).
Tým pádom som si uvedomovala celý čas jediné – toto je práca úplného začiatočníka. Virginia stvorila zaujímavý svet a rovnako aj postavy, ale zabudla im vdýchnuť život. Ich vnútorné prežívanie je len stroho opisované a prostredie je takmer až sterilné. V skutočnosti bolo obyčajnou kulisou, rovnako ako všetko ostatné v tomto príbehu.
Lovkyňa čarodejníc je skôr priemernou knihou, ktorá má v celku zaujímavý námet. Čarodejnice a lovci čarodejníc v poslednom čase skôr upadávajú do zabudnutia, preto ma veľmi potešila snaha Virginie Boecker priviesť ich späť k životu. Bohužiaľ sa jej to nie úplne podarilo. Stredoveké Anglicko je takmer už typická kulisa pre akúkoľvek fantazijnú knihu, preto ma nedokázalo úplne pohltiť. Hoci je pravda, že kruté zákony zakazujúce čarodejníctvo dodávali deju istú temnosť.
Postavy boli tiež skôr priemerné, avšak do deja sa svojim spôsobom hodili a páčilo sa mi, že Virgnia sa snažila vysvetľovať ich správanie a nechcela mi ich charaktery podsúvať len rozdelené na tie zlé a na tie dobré. Námety a zápletky tejto knihy by tiež dokázali obstáť. Niektoré odhalenia boli vskutku zaujímavé a prekvapivé, vďaka čomu mohlo byť čítanie veľmi objavné. Hoci bol dej chudobný po emocionálnej stránke, našla som v ňom naozaj silné momenty.
Táto kniha má teda všetky prvky, ktoré by z nej dokázali urobiť nezabudnuteľný príbeh. Čo sa pokazilo? V podstate nič. Len sa akosi stalo, že celý tento námet sa v autorkiných neskúsených rukách premenil na nemastný-neslaný mix, v ktorom ma nič nepresvedčilo, že by som čítala čosi výnimočné alebo nové. Nemôžem však zabúdať na jediné – áno, táto kniha síce bola po viacerých stránkach priemerná, ale vďaka autorkinmu celkom schopnému štýlu sa aspoň čítala naozaj rýchlo.
recenzia: http://lili-darknight.blogspot.sk/2018/04/z-lovca-sa-stava-korist-lovkyna.html