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A review by stipnsauce
Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone
3.0
The only reason I finished this book is because my partner and I both bought a copy and read it together while we were apart for a month. He already finished and I couldn’t just DNF it - Altho I really wanted to.
When we bought the book, I expected Mirrorland to be a real place, and for this to be more of a Fantasy type situation, so I spent the first half the book super confused because so many people knew about Mirrorland and despite all the details given I could not picture it in my head at all.
I found the writing style very hard to follow, my brain just couldn’t seem to comprehend what I was reading, and had troubles translating it to images in my head.
However, now that I’ve finished the book I can’t stop thinking it and I’m so glad I finished. Despite the fact that I am not fond of the details and writing style, written as it was was unique in the aspect that we only knew what Cat remembered, which was a trauma response.
In the end, the thing that has me hooked is Mouse. My empathy for that poor girl, and how badly she was treated.
I’m very bad at giving stars for books, because i don’t have a very good rating scale. I either like it or i don’t, but I’d have to put it at a 3-3.5 stars.
Worth the read, but wouldn’t read it again.
When we bought the book, I expected Mirrorland to be a real place, and for this to be more of a Fantasy type situation, so I spent the first half the book super confused because so many people knew about Mirrorland and despite all the details given I could not picture it in my head at all.
I found the writing style very hard to follow, my brain just couldn’t seem to comprehend what I was reading, and had troubles translating it to images in my head.
However, now that I’ve finished the book I can’t stop thinking it and I’m so glad I finished. Despite the fact that I am not fond of the details and writing style, written as it was was unique in the aspect that we only knew what Cat remembered, which was a trauma response.
In the end, the thing that has me hooked is Mouse. My empathy for that poor girl, and how badly she was treated.
I’m very bad at giving stars for books, because i don’t have a very good rating scale. I either like it or i don’t, but I’d have to put it at a 3-3.5 stars.
Worth the read, but wouldn’t read it again.