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eliza_k 's review for:
The Gilded Ones
by Namina Forna
EDIT: I changed my rating, despite the fact that I read this two months ago. I just felt like 2 stars was a little harsh. But maybe my mind is fuzzy.
I'd seen a lot of good things about this one. People loved the feminism element, they just loved a lot of things about this book. (though, they didn't look the romance and as someone who doesn't much like romance at all...)
I mean, it was a good book overall. It was a cool concept and there was some cool world building and there were good characters, etc. I did like the book. But it also just wasn't what I was expecting, there was a lot of parts that weren't interesting and also...yeah. The romance.
Was the romance necessary? No.
Did it impact the plot in any way? No.
Was it developed at all? No.
Okay, maybe I'm being a bit harsh here. I know that romance doesn't have to impact a plot. I mean, it's just something that happens. People fall in love. I'm fine if there's just a little side romance (though authors quite often EXTREMELY underestimate the fact that friends exist...especially friends who are male if you are female and vice versa...not any guy your female main character gets close to has to be a love interest...).
Also, I still cannot help but wonder how they didn't find out they were impure when they got their periods...they basically were never allowed to have knives because if they ever cut themselves they'd find out before their ceremony? So how on earth did their periods not give it right away? Did they just not get their periods before they turned 16? I'm so caught up on this...
I'd seen a lot of good things about this one. People loved the feminism element, they just loved a lot of things about this book. (though, they didn't look the romance and as someone who doesn't much like romance at all...)
I mean, it was a good book overall. It was a cool concept and there was some cool world building and there were good characters, etc. I did like the book. But it also just wasn't what I was expecting, there was a lot of parts that weren't interesting and also...yeah. The romance.
Was the romance necessary? No.
Did it impact the plot in any way? No.
Was it developed at all? No.
Okay, maybe I'm being a bit harsh here. I know that romance doesn't have to impact a plot. I mean, it's just something that happens. People fall in love. I'm fine if there's just a little side romance (though authors quite often EXTREMELY underestimate the fact that friends exist...especially friends who are male if you are female and vice versa...not any guy your female main character gets close to has to be a love interest...).
Also, I still cannot help but wonder how they didn't find out they were impure when they got their periods...they basically were never allowed to have knives because if they ever cut themselves they'd find out before their ceremony? So how on earth did their periods not give it right away? Did they just not get their periods before they turned 16? I'm so caught up on this...