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tempscire's review
3.0
Lots of potential, but this felt like a Cliffs Notes version of the story: very rushed, with lots of characters being shoved into place instead of being developed. Or maybe it's a teaser for a longer book? In any event, not a great execution.
As a heroine, Mitzi didn't really do much. She takes it at face value her parents are in danger without any kind of proof or real explanation. She's told someone will pick her up, she goes along. (Why did they need Mitzi for anything, again? Or her parents?) She abruptly falls in love with a stranger with hairy palms. Treachery revealed! Stranger calls Mitzi the bravest woman ever, which...no. She hasn't done anything but been jostled along by the other characters, accepting whatever anyone tells her, and making some perfunctory 'take me seriously! respect me!' outbursts.
The ending was...melodramatic. Mildly cliffhanger-y; it's not clear what was really accomplished. I mean, the characters don't know, of course, and such is life. But I'm a little...unconvinced, I guess? There could have been a lot more nuance with the antagonist/villain(?), who instead just felt...Okay, so she's some kind of succubus-god-vampire thing. Feeding off people being turned on in an audience? Not that horrible, in my book. Using people is bad, but on the other hand she was working to take down Hitler. So, uh...
I guess "not enough development" kind of covers it all.
As a heroine, Mitzi didn't really do much. She takes it at face value her parents are in danger without any kind of proof or real explanation. She's told someone will pick her up, she goes along. (Why did they need Mitzi for anything, again? Or her parents?) She abruptly falls in love with a stranger with hairy palms. Treachery revealed! Stranger calls Mitzi the bravest woman ever, which...no. She hasn't done anything but been jostled along by the other characters, accepting whatever anyone tells her, and making some perfunctory 'take me seriously! respect me!' outbursts.
The ending was...melodramatic. Mildly cliffhanger-y; it's not clear what was really accomplished. I mean, the characters don't know, of course, and such is life. But I'm a little...unconvinced, I guess? There could have been a lot more nuance with the antagonist/villain(?), who instead just felt...
I guess "not enough development" kind of covers it all.
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