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3.01 AVERAGE
3.01 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
There’s a set up of some great interconnected mysteries, weirdness and conspiracies absolutely ruined by one of the worst endings I think I’ve ever read. As it started to veer in the direction it did I joked to a friend that it might do a u turn into a book inexplicably about a society ruined by cancel culture and guess what, reader. I really liked a lot of the rest of it and I’m intrigued to see what else the author writes in the future.
Also the audiobook narrator mispronounces several words, mythological characters and Welsh place names and it kills me
Also the audiobook narrator mispronounces several words, mythological characters and Welsh place names and it kills me
this was a confusing read. the beginning was very interesting. and just as i was really getting into it, the author overwhelms the story with A LOT of goings on. it felt like they wanted to keep the story interesting by adding on a series of subplots. and that's where they lost me. i just felt like there were too many loose ends here. again, most of the first half made this very promising. it just completely missed the mark after that. if their intention was to have the reader just as lost and confused as the main character, then i guess mission accomplished.
thank you to NetGalley & Poisoned Pen Press for allowing me to read this book. i received this book as an ARC and leave this review voluntarily.
thank you to NetGalley & Poisoned Pen Press for allowing me to read this book. i received this book as an ARC and leave this review voluntarily.
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Oh my God this book was so stupid in kind of a fun way? The end jumped the shark a little. This was very The Trial meets Disco Elysium by way of Phoenix Wright.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I was so confused. Neat premise but it got so convoluted by the end I had no idea what was going on.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Interesting plot, lots of twists, you need to pay attention to keep up with what's going on! I listened to the audio book and found the narration quite bland and monotonous - so would recommend reading it rather than listening!
Kept my interest and the narration was good. I did enjoy the mystery of who was good & what was truly going on
Thank you to Netgallery and Poisoned Pen Press for an early release copy of The Trials of Lila Dalton by L.J Shepard, this book will be available for purchase on August twenty-seventh of 2024.
The trails of Lilia dalton was a dnf for me, I pushed through to page 198 (65%) in hopes to be able to give a fair review for dnfing the arc. I want to say I didn’t realize that the setting was in 1996, I was expecting a more modern day setting. These older court room terms/court room talk is honest just confusing me rather then explaining to me what is really happening.
I wasn’t aware going into this book that there was going to be a lot of talk about politics and religion which are two subjects I just don’t find interest in reading. Both of these topics are discussed heavily in this book and it really draws me away from the mystery of Lila trying to get her memory back/her just trying to figure things out in general. There are also some sexist comments from the men towards the main character, it just makes it hard for me to like any of these characters in here at all. Lila herself even makes a comment or two about the way women dress.
I really wanted to try and push through with this one because there are some interesting things going on in the story but I just think the way something’s were writing could have been written a bit better then they were. The plot of Lila trying to regain her memory’s while trying to defend someone is an interesting one, I think the writing style is decent but the topics of religion and politics as well as the sexist comments really pull me away from this book.
The trails of Lilia dalton was a dnf for me, I pushed through to page 198 (65%) in hopes to be able to give a fair review for dnfing the arc. I want to say I didn’t realize that the setting was in 1996, I was expecting a more modern day setting. These older court room terms/court room talk is honest just confusing me rather then explaining to me what is really happening.
I wasn’t aware going into this book that there was going to be a lot of talk about politics and religion which are two subjects I just don’t find interest in reading. Both of these topics are discussed heavily in this book and it really draws me away from the mystery of Lila trying to get her memory back/her just trying to figure things out in general. There are also some sexist comments from the men towards the main character, it just makes it hard for me to like any of these characters in here at all. Lila herself even makes a comment or two about the way women dress.
I really wanted to try and push through with this one because there are some interesting things going on in the story but I just think the way something’s were writing could have been written a bit better then they were. The plot of Lila trying to regain her memory’s while trying to defend someone is an interesting one, I think the writing style is decent but the topics of religion and politics as well as the sexist comments really pull me away from this book.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes