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rachaelarsenault's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
YouTube review available here:
https://youtu.be/S9wfpApDRPA
As my rating surely reflects, I did not like this book. I get into depth about why in the video linked above, as well as in the detailed review I wrote on Medium:
https://medium.com/@rachaellawrites/pointless-bigotry-and-zero-accountability-an-in-depth-review-of-omens-bite-by-p-c-e3669d9d05cf
But, for brevity's sake, let's boil my thoughts down to a few salient points:
What I liked:
-White characters actually have skin tone described with specificity.
-A twist at the end that is accomplished by Hunter not being able to understand the spell she's casting due to it being written in Greek.
-There's a funny paragraph about cake at funerals.
What I didn't like:
-Kirk's POV was completely pointless.
-Mercy is incredibly spoiled, deeply unlikeable, and never held accountable for the things she did to Hunter at the end of Spells Trouble.
-This was poorly paced and a slog to read.
-There are a ton of logical errors with how the climax actually plays out, including the twist I otherwise liked.
-Kristin Cast's writing is lacks flow due to repetitive sentence structures, the dialogue is over-fluffed with filler descriptions and every minute gesture from the characters speaking, and a combination of absurd metaphors and tonally off word choice regularly pulled me from the story.
-P.C. Cast's writing is marked by excessively long, meandering sentences that often contain incorrectly used punctuation.
-There's casual fatphobia, hints of ableism and trans erasure, stigmatization of homelessness and addiction, and sex shaming.
-All of the homophobia and queer misery showcased in this book is pointless. And the pointlessness here renders all the homophobia Hunter suffered in the previous book equally pointless. It's there to add a bit of spice to the drama - that's it. Removing it from the story would change very little of substance.
https://youtu.be/S9wfpApDRPA
As my rating surely reflects, I did not like this book. I get into depth about why in the video linked above, as well as in the detailed review I wrote on Medium:
https://medium.com/@rachaellawrites/pointless-bigotry-and-zero-accountability-an-in-depth-review-of-omens-bite-by-p-c-e3669d9d05cf
But, for brevity's sake, let's boil my thoughts down to a few salient points:
What I liked:
-White characters actually have skin tone described with specificity.
-A twist at the end that is accomplished by Hunter not being able to understand the spell she's casting due to it being written in Greek.
-There's a funny paragraph about cake at funerals.
What I didn't like:
-Kirk's POV was completely pointless.
-Mercy is incredibly spoiled, deeply unlikeable, and never held accountable for the things she did to Hunter at the end of Spells Trouble.
-This was poorly paced and a slog to read.
-There are a ton of logical errors with how the climax actually plays out, including the twist I otherwise liked.
-Kristin Cast's writing is lacks flow due to repetitive sentence structures, the dialogue is over-fluffed with filler descriptions and every minute gesture from the characters speaking, and a combination of absurd metaphors and tonally off word choice regularly pulled me from the story.
-P.C. Cast's writing is marked by excessively long, meandering sentences that often contain incorrectly used punctuation.
-There's casual fatphobia, hints of ableism and trans erasure, stigmatization of homelessness and addiction, and sex shaming.
-All of the homophobia and queer misery showcased in this book is pointless. And the pointlessness here renders all the homophobia Hunter suffered in the previous book equally pointless. It's there to add a bit of spice to the drama - that's it. Removing it from the story would change very little of substance.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia
Minor: Classism and Fatphobia
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