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The Beggar King
by Oliver Pötzsch
Meh. Not sure where this one failed me, but it was just barely not a dud.
The general premise was good, there was a great plot twist and speedy reading about two thirds of the way in, but in general it felt like floating down a lazy river - kind of boring, with moments of feeling content.
I get the feeling that some of the writing is just lost in translation. At times it gained momentum, but then some dialogue would totally falter. It kind of comes across like a young adult novel with odd snippets of dialogue from a middle school English class. Luckily there is plenty of story without dialogue, so I didn't find this overwhelmingly distracting.
The general premise was good, there was a great plot twist and speedy reading about two thirds of the way in, but in general it felt like floating down a lazy river - kind of boring, with moments of feeling content.
I get the feeling that some of the writing is just lost in translation. At times it gained momentum, but then some dialogue would totally falter. It kind of comes across like a young adult novel with odd snippets of dialogue from a middle school English class. Luckily there is plenty of story without dialogue, so I didn't find this overwhelmingly distracting.