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Turmoil
by J.L. Weil
1.5*
Alright....I hate read this book after the first few chapters....which is not a healthy thing to do but I wanted to finish it even if it was such a bad time.
I apologies to the author in advance, I don't think you made a bad book. In fact, for New Adult I think this is perfect. I was just not the target audience and I don't think I ever would have been. All of my critiques work the best in the style chosen but unfortunately I am gonna let people know my true thoughts.
Apology out of the way. The characters were the single most annoying thing I have ever had to read for more than 100 pages. As a "true" adult, none of the actions make any sense whatsoever. The book gave me the vibes it was trying to replicate a Pretty Little Liars type of vibe and just flopped majorly. Josie is so one-dimensional that reading from only her perspective grated on my nerves so much that I was wanting to rip my eyeballs out and stop reading. She really gave off "pick me" vibes and made the absolute worst decisions. I wanted to feel for her since she's getting bullied and the whole creepy step-bro shit was going down but she was also soooo bratty and self-centered to the point she was actively putting herself in horrible situations because she could not for the life of her chose better life choices that I was just done with her. I think if she had been a bit more developed as a character she would have been fine but the whining really cut me from liking her. I sympathized with her for her situation with her step-bro but I did not like her.
The "Elites" were totally not even that powerful. Whatever type of ruling they did was pretty mild at best. Dangerous? wouldn't say they were. Yeah they beat the shit out of one dude but not once did they completely destroy someone. Whatever they were trying to portray fell absolutely flat. None of them were likeable and even understandable. At best I would say they are way too fucking pushy and do not take no for an answer which with the plot points this has is not good and kinda puts them with the antagonist because while I enjoy morally grey characters they weren't and they still had this shitty attitude.
Also the twist at the end was just dumb in this setting. The plot was sub par due to it not being flushed out more. Most of the writing was based on Josie's thoughts and feeling which did not reflect a lot on the plot until about the 70% mark which was way too close to the ending to be good.
The writing style was good. There were writing mistakes which I normally don't comment on since my grammar, etc. is utter trash when writing reviews but there was more than I normally would see. The biggest downfalls were the characters and what the writer thought was important compared to what actually was interesting. I think it had the potential to be a great book but as it is now, I cannot see why it has such a high rating.
Since I personally disliked the book, I cannot recommend this to anyone nor will I be continuing the series.
Alright....I hate read this book after the first few chapters....which is not a healthy thing to do but I wanted to finish it even if it was such a bad time.
I apologies to the author in advance, I don't think you made a bad book. In fact, for New Adult I think this is perfect. I was just not the target audience and I don't think I ever would have been. All of my critiques work the best in the style chosen but unfortunately I am gonna let people know my true thoughts.
Apology out of the way. The characters were the single most annoying thing I have ever had to read for more than 100 pages. As a "true" adult, none of the actions make any sense whatsoever. The book gave me the vibes it was trying to replicate a Pretty Little Liars type of vibe and just flopped majorly. Josie is so one-dimensional that reading from only her perspective grated on my nerves so much that I was wanting to rip my eyeballs out and stop reading. She really gave off "pick me" vibes and made the absolute worst decisions. I wanted to feel for her since she's getting bullied and the whole creepy step-bro shit was going down but she was also soooo bratty and self-centered to the point she was actively putting herself in horrible situations because she could not for the life of her chose better life choices that I was just done with her. I think if she had been a bit more developed as a character she would have been fine but the whining really cut me from liking her. I sympathized with her for her situation with her step-bro but I did not like her.
The "Elites" were totally not even that powerful. Whatever type of ruling they did was pretty mild at best. Dangerous? wouldn't say they were. Yeah they beat the shit out of one dude but not once did they completely destroy someone. Whatever they were trying to portray fell absolutely flat. None of them were likeable and even understandable. At best I would say they are way too fucking pushy and do not take no for an answer which with the plot points this has is not good and kinda puts them with the antagonist because while I enjoy morally grey characters they weren't and they still had this shitty attitude.
Also the twist at the end was just dumb in this setting. The plot was sub par due to it not being flushed out more. Most of the writing was based on Josie's thoughts and feeling which did not reflect a lot on the plot until about the 70% mark which was way too close to the ending to be good.
The writing style was good. There were writing mistakes which I normally don't comment on since my grammar, etc. is utter trash when writing reviews but there was more than I normally would see. The biggest downfalls were the characters and what the writer thought was important compared to what actually was interesting. I think it had the potential to be a great book but as it is now, I cannot see why it has such a high rating.
Since I personally disliked the book, I cannot recommend this to anyone nor will I be continuing the series.