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A review by benehime
The Bard's Blade by Brian D. Anderson
Did not finish book.
1.0
Word repetition, exposition over exposition. Oof okay.
This is why I don't usually buy books for a year after they come out. Because wow, I have read literally hundreds of fanfictions with better writing style than this.
If an author has the audacity to write lines like "I told my brother we'd meet him before the festival starts. Or did you forget?" - immediately after a phrase like "character X, their best friend since childhood" it will probably not get better.
Honestly, this reads like someone's very first steps in storytelling. It sounds like the stories I wrote when I was 14. Which in itself is not bad, everyone has to learn, but ffs why publish?
The author is constantly telling, not showing. Instead of showing us, that Maria does not like crowds, they tell. And it is so boring.
The writing style would be okay for young readers. But not for anyone else who doesn't like mind-numbing blandness.
This is why I don't usually buy books for a year after they come out. Because wow, I have read literally hundreds of fanfictions with better writing style than this.
If an author has the audacity to write lines like "I told my brother we'd meet him before the festival starts. Or did you forget?" - immediately after a phrase like "character X, their best friend since childhood" it will probably not get better.
Honestly, this reads like someone's very first steps in storytelling. It sounds like the stories I wrote when I was 14. Which in itself is not bad, everyone has to learn, but ffs why publish?
The author is constantly telling, not showing. Instead of showing us, that Maria does not like crowds, they tell. And it is so boring.
The writing style would be okay for young readers. But not for anyone else who doesn't like mind-numbing blandness.