emmaapple 's review for:

Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott

1.0

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I was drawn in by the painted edges, & the weird illustrations. The blurb is mysterious, with historical roots. Brilliant, I thought.... Alas this book is the first one I have not been able to finish in a few years. I couldn't connect with any of the characters, & therefore didn't care what happened to them. It was very jumpy, leaping from one character view to the next. Now normally this doesn't bother me, but you're not given enough time with anyone. It's almost like the author doesn't want to give anything away, and so jumps from pillar to post. I found myself referring to the cast of characters list too, and I've never done that! Not even with ASOIAF! I'll end with, over-elaborate, but not well thought out, nor structured. It could end amazingly, but at pg 238 I just didn't care enough.