Reviews - The Catch: The long-awaited debut novel from award-winning writer, Yrsa Daley-Ward

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The Catch: The long-awaited debut novel from award-winning writer, Yrsa Daley-Ward

Yrsa Daley-Ward

3.65 AVERAGE

martina000's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

victoriagrace_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

literarycrushes's review against another edition

2.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I really loved the start of this novel and it's take on grief and addiction (and how addiction can be passed down in family as/like trauma), but it really lost me once it started getting... fantastical? speculative? The writing was good, but for me the story didn't really make sense—which might be why another read loves it!

hncbixby's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

I really wanted to finish this book, but I just couldn't connect to the characters of the book. Yrsa Daley-Ward's writing and narration is wonderful, but I found myself not really caring about the characters and that, coupled with a lack of reading time, is why I chose not to finish the book.

While I liked Daley-Ward's narration, keeping track of three female characters' points of view was challenging, especially since there didn't seem to be a distinct difference in voice for each character. I think I may try to read the physical copy of this book when I have more time because I do think it is a unique story that deserves to be read and appreciated. I just think I chose a format that didn't work for me.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for an advanced copy of the audiobook.