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A review by tatyanavogt
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
3.0
Okay, soooooo.... I don't know how to fully say my thoughts on this book. I did really enjoy it, but I found myself a little lost at times on what I should "focus" on caring about. We follow several different characters across two(?) different main areas. I did listen to the audio book, and it took awhile for me to really realize that we were going back and forth between locations and not just characters and about half way through when I realized that, I thought it was pretty cool.
I do think I like the story more now that I am done with it and thinking about it after the fact. But during it I just wasn't as engaged as I would have liked to be because I didnt have that "focus" to care about for a large part of the story. I did realize fairly early on some of the things I was supposed to care about, but I don't really think I cared as much as I was supposed to. Possibly because I just wasn't sure about everything and possibly because I missed stuff.
ALLL that being said, I would like to read it again, and I imagine I would enjoy it more on a second read. I went into it 100% blind the first time around and I don't think that was NOT beneficial for this type of book. Also keep in mind that I don't read a lot of fantasy so i'm not used to its structure over romance or thriller books (which I read way more of).
I do think I like the story more now that I am done with it and thinking about it after the fact. But during it I just wasn't as engaged as I would have liked to be because I didnt have that "focus" to care about for a large part of the story. I did realize fairly early on some of the things I was supposed to care about, but I don't really think I cared as much as I was supposed to. Possibly because I just wasn't sure about everything and possibly because I missed stuff.
ALLL that being said, I would like to read it again, and I imagine I would enjoy it more on a second read. I went into it 100% blind the first time around and I don't think that was NOT beneficial for this type of book. Also keep in mind that I don't read a lot of fantasy so i'm not used to its structure over romance or thriller books (which I read way more of).