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2.73 AVERAGE
2.73 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Attempt #2:
Where did I stop? Page 111
Why? Yup, I’m back here again. I did say in my last DNF review that a big part of my reading issues was the font in the ARC I had. And since the Ladies of Horror Fiction group on Goodreads was reading this for February I figured I might as well give it another chance. So I got a copy from my library, nice normal-sized font, and tried reading it again. And here we are. The first 50 pages were just as uninteresting the second time around, only now I was far more aware of the dual POVs and their competing voices that were so tonally separate from each other I felt like I was getting whiplash reading between the two. So I decided to give it another 50 pages just to see if it’ll pick up. It didn’t. There’s a ghostly time travel element in there that I was less than impressed with and it keeps telling me everything’s creepy, but I’m getting none of that. Angel’s voice especially is so at odds with the tone the book is trying to have that it’s just an awkward, off-putting fit. I’m going to leave this one here. Third time’s most likely not a charm.
Attempt #1:
Where did I stop? Page 50
Why? While I liked the setting itself, the desolate landscape of Patagonia, the icebergs, the isolation, the book was slow to start. It’s a dual POV that’s insinuating some weird things were going on in the house, but they weren’t weird enough to hold my attention. On top of that, I couldn’t adjust the font size in the digital ARC I had so I was reading, like, a size 8 font on a computer screen and it just made my reading experience seem like such an incredible slog. The thing it, it wasn’t that bad. With a normal copy of the book I’d try it again, but between what left like never-ending pages and not the fastest start to the book I just couldn’t push myself to keep reading.
Where did I stop? Page 111
Why? Yup, I’m back here again. I did say in my last DNF review that a big part of my reading issues was the font in the ARC I had. And since the Ladies of Horror Fiction group on Goodreads was reading this for February I figured I might as well give it another chance. So I got a copy from my library, nice normal-sized font, and tried reading it again. And here we are. The first 50 pages were just as uninteresting the second time around, only now I was far more aware of the dual POVs and their competing voices that were so tonally separate from each other I felt like I was getting whiplash reading between the two. So I decided to give it another 50 pages just to see if it’ll pick up. It didn’t. There’s a ghostly time travel element in there that I was less than impressed with and it keeps telling me everything’s creepy, but I’m getting none of that. Angel’s voice especially is so at odds with the tone the book is trying to have that it’s just an awkward, off-putting fit. I’m going to leave this one here. Third time’s most likely not a charm.
Attempt #1:
Where did I stop? Page 50
Why? While I liked the setting itself, the desolate landscape of Patagonia, the icebergs, the isolation, the book was slow to start. It’s a dual POV that’s insinuating some weird things were going on in the house, but they weren’t weird enough to hold my attention. On top of that, I couldn’t adjust the font size in the digital ARC I had so I was reading, like, a size 8 font on a computer screen and it just made my reading experience seem like such an incredible slog. The thing it, it wasn’t that bad. With a normal copy of the book I’d try it again, but between what left like never-ending pages and not the fastest start to the book I just couldn’t push myself to keep reading.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I know that it would be kind of a huge spoiler, but I think I would have liked this better had it been marketed as a black mirror-esque story?
It was very weird but not in the way I like my things to be weird lol
There were also some weird things or “convenient” things for me. But I was generally entertained!
There’s also quite a bit of violence or talk of violence against women that I did not love. Seemed weird to me that Sharon (Charon) was a woman???? Why does she hate women so much??? O_o
Also v convenient angel doesn’t give away any talk of video games until the end of the book in his inner monologue...
Also confused about the timeline? Is it sped up in game? Have they actually been playing for months??
Idk I have questions still lol
It was very weird but not in the way I like my things to be weird lol
There were also some weird things or “convenient” things for me. But I was generally entertained!
There’s also quite a bit of violence or talk of violence against women that I did not love. Seemed weird to me that Sharon (Charon) was a woman???? Why does she hate women so much??? O_o
Also v convenient angel doesn’t give away any talk of video games until the end of the book in his inner monologue...
Also confused about the timeline? Is it sped up in game? Have they actually been playing for months??
Idk I have questions still lol
This was a slow build with a strange plot twist that didn't offer a satisfactory explanation for the world building.
This book was a lot. Especially for a debut! The setting was creepy, the set up was scary, but I never clicked with any of the characters. I definitely would read something else by this author.
This book just didn’t do it for me. I wanted to love it and it just didn’t happen. The story line had such promise and it just fell flat. Some parts of the book were interesting. Just when you thought it would get better it didn’t. I continued to read it to see how it played out. That “plot twist” was terrible! I don’t know how I even finished the book.