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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
At first I was really enjoying this, but at some point it felt like something was missing. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it. I think I will reread this at some point later.
(thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this book)
I have to be very honest here, if it hadn't been for Kashmir and the general idea of this book, I might have given up on it at some point. That's not to say it's bad, but it's just. . . not very memorable. The idea of the time travelling and the way that it's used was quite interesting, that maps need to be drawn of a specific time and year before one can travel there. Kashmir, like I said, was amazing. He was charming, funny, charismatic and just an all around interesting character. The rest? Not so much.
Though the plot itself wasn't bad it lacked a bit in tension and action and build-up. Of course, there was an arbitrary love triangle. Why do books nowadays nearly always have love triangles? We can have good books without them.
What frustrated me most that despite how interesting the use of the time travel ideas and mythologies were, there were so many references to books and mythologies in the story that didn't quite fit in and just felt as a show of "look how smart I can put in references to classic literature". That kind of threw me off in the book.
Now, like I said, it wasn't a bad book. Actually, I enjoyed it most of the time. However, perhaps not for the right reasons. I enjoyed it for Kashmir and his comments and the way that the time travelling was used. Would I recommend it? Probably. Will I read the sequel? Not likely.
I have to be very honest here, if it hadn't been for Kashmir and the general idea of this book, I might have given up on it at some point. That's not to say it's bad, but it's just. . . not very memorable. The idea of the time travelling and the way that it's used was quite interesting, that maps need to be drawn of a specific time and year before one can travel there. Kashmir, like I said, was amazing. He was charming, funny, charismatic and just an all around interesting character. The rest? Not so much.
Though the plot itself wasn't bad it lacked a bit in tension and action and build-up. Of course, there was an arbitrary love triangle. Why do books nowadays nearly always have love triangles? We can have good books without them.
What frustrated me most that despite how interesting the use of the time travel ideas and mythologies were, there were so many references to books and mythologies in the story that didn't quite fit in and just felt as a show of "look how smart I can put in references to classic literature". That kind of threw me off in the book.
Now, like I said, it wasn't a bad book. Actually, I enjoyed it most of the time. However, perhaps not for the right reasons. I enjoyed it for Kashmir and his comments and the way that the time travelling was used. Would I recommend it? Probably. Will I read the sequel? Not likely.
I really liked this but....I also thought it could’ve been done better. Does that make sense?
Incredible. Absolutely incredible. Add this to your TBR pile immediately.
The Girl From Everywhere is coincidentally a book that I have seen everywhere! Even before my blog, when I was only reading a handful of books a year, The Girl From Everywhere came up in so many recommendations. This book is about Nix, a girl who grew up on a time-travelling pirate ship, while her father, the captain, spends his time trying to go back to a time before Nix’s birth to save her mother from the infection that killed her. Ultimately, this was an interesting book with a engaging plot that I wish went more into depth with both the world and the characters.
The world-building in this book was fascinating. The ship can travel to different locations and time periods and even fictional locations as long as they have a map. These maps limit where they can go and because of this the main goal of Nix’s father is to find a specific map. The first hundred pages built up the world and I was really enjoying all of the nuance and interesting places the plot was taking the characters. This shifted after that point to focus mainly on the plot in Hawaii and, while Hawaii was described in great detail and the atmosphere was really well-done, I found myself wishing that time was spent in other places. There are countless other locations that they could visit that would make this novel so interesting to read, but instead they focus on Hawaii for the rest of the book.
There was a slight love triangle in this book between Nix, one of her shipmates and a young artist living in Hawaii. I really enjoyed all of their characters, but I think Nix was leaning toward one character a lot more than the other, which I didn’t like, as I was rooting for the other character. I have hope for the sequel because the ending did make the characters a little more balanced. The overall story was a little drawn out and confusing, partly because the time-travel was very complicated. There was a whole side-quest where they went to a fictional world to collect things that felt a little unnecessary.
The writing did feel engaging and it was a lot more descriptive than most YA novels I’ve read. I definitely need to know how this story ends, but I’ll probably wait until I’m not so busy as the story left off at a pretty good ending. Does anyone have any good YA recommendations? Leave a comment down below and we can discuss more in the comments. Happy Reading!
4 stars
The world-building in this book was fascinating. The ship can travel to different locations and time periods and even fictional locations as long as they have a map. These maps limit where they can go and because of this the main goal of Nix’s father is to find a specific map. The first hundred pages built up the world and I was really enjoying all of the nuance and interesting places the plot was taking the characters. This shifted after that point to focus mainly on the plot in Hawaii and, while Hawaii was described in great detail and the atmosphere was really well-done, I found myself wishing that time was spent in other places. There are countless other locations that they could visit that would make this novel so interesting to read, but instead they focus on Hawaii for the rest of the book.
There was a slight love triangle in this book between Nix, one of her shipmates and a young artist living in Hawaii. I really enjoyed all of their characters, but I think Nix was leaning toward one character a lot more than the other, which I didn’t like, as I was rooting for the other character. I have hope for the sequel because the ending did make the characters a little more balanced. The overall story was a little drawn out and confusing, partly because the time-travel was very complicated. There was a whole side-quest where they went to a fictional world to collect things that felt a little unnecessary.
The writing did feel engaging and it was a lot more descriptive than most YA novels I’ve read. I definitely need to know how this story ends, but I’ll probably wait until I’m not so busy as the story left off at a pretty good ending. Does anyone have any good YA recommendations? Leave a comment down below and we can discuss more in the comments. Happy Reading!
4 stars
I really liked the concept of this book, but I wish that its rules had been explained a bit better.
This book is just .... almost. Almost amazing, almost engrossing, almost perfect. But it doesn't quite make it. I found it to be slow in places, which is a surprise considering it has the PERFECT synopsis for me. I can't quite place what was wrong with it, maybe it was the unnecessary love triangle or the flip flopping of the characters decision (looking at you Slate), but I couldn't quite fly with all of it. I don't know if I will read the sequel as everything I was interested in was covered in shallow detail in this book or resolved by the end. I will say it's more of a 3.5 than a 3, but it's not what I expected or wanted when I heard about it.
This isn’t just bad, it’s offensive. Full review coming. See this tweeting thread for details. https://twitter.com/fangirljeanne/status/1257437549544517634?s=21
Smart, confident but not overly confident female protagonist: check.
Fun cast of side characters: check.
A love triangle that actually makes sense and isn't drawn out painfully: check
And finally: an idea that is just plain COOL: check.
Enjoyed this a whole lot.
Fun cast of side characters: check.
A love triangle that actually makes sense and isn't drawn out painfully: check
And finally: an idea that is just plain COOL: check.
Enjoyed this a whole lot.