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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
Disappointing 😢 I loved The House Of Hollow, so I was so excited for this book! The concept was great; witchy, feminist vibes with demons. However, the execution was lacking. I enjoyed the first 200 pages, although they were slow going at times, but it was downhill from there. It was boring in parts, and confusing in others. It was too descriptive at times and kept dragging on. The ending wasn’t executed well. The feminist themes could have been a lot better. I felt the potential of the story, but overall it wasn’t done very well in my opinion.
Positives: I loved Jude. She provided a comic relief to the story that was so fun! I loved the witchy, gothic vibes. I enjoyed the idea of 3 young girls banding together. I thought the idea of the book was great but it was just lacking everywhere.
Positives: I loved Jude. She provided a comic relief to the story that was so fun! I loved the witchy, gothic vibes. I enjoyed the idea of 3 young girls banding together. I thought the idea of the book was great but it was just lacking everywhere.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
| BOOK REVIEW |
Title: The Invocations
Author: Krystal Sutherland
Format:
Title: The Invocations
Author: Krystal Sutherland
Format:
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
compulsively readable, fiercely written, and simmering with an intricate cursewriting system. the invocations was engrossing the entire way through — i love anything to do with witches and/or queer horror — and the three leads won me over by the end. the prologue is one of the most descriptive, atmospheric pieces of writing i've read in a while.
one pitfall i will point out is this book's gratuitous violence. there's an excessive amount of blood, gore, and vomit meant for shock value, but i felt that some of it wasn't needed to tell the story and reduced the impact of the finale. also, the romance between jude and emer felt sudden and jarring to me, in part because i couldn't imagine emer with anyone given her reclusive childhood and the way she talked about love in a detached sort of way. overall, though, this is a strong book; i'd recommend it to fans of salem-witch-trials-inspired female rage who don't mind every single male character being a traitor in some way.
one pitfall i will point out is this book's gratuitous violence. there's an excessive amount of blood, gore, and vomit meant for shock value, but i felt that some of it wasn't needed to tell the story and reduced the impact of the finale. also, the romance between jude and emer felt sudden and jarring to me, in part because i couldn't imagine emer with anyone given her reclusive childhood and the way she talked about love in a detached sort of way. overall, though, this is a strong book; i'd recommend it to fans of salem-witch-trials-inspired female rage who don't mind every single male character being a traitor in some way.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
Loved the themes. Only thing keeping it from 5 stars was reading it in the spring instead of fall, and I wish it had ended in a poly relationship instead of Zara going off on her own.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-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