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Stormdancer
by Jay Kristoff
The good: In theory, I should've loved this. It's steampunk Japan with magical beasts and the evil mechanical Guild.
The bad: Redundancy of words, explanations, descriptions, and lazily researched terms. Nothing happens for looong stretches of time, and that time is not wisely used on stuff like, you know, proper characterization. There is some effort spent on characters' interactions, but it just felt off - like a stage play where everyone is overacting.
The ugly: It is boring. Every female is described in terms of beauty. There are endless shifts in POV (a huge pet peeve of mine).
Final verdict: DNF at page 300.
This is a 1500+ pages series. It is not as good as [b:Eon & Eona|21850224|Eon & Eona, a Duology Series|Alison Goodman|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1396729845s/21850224.jpg|41121372], of which it strongly reminds me because of the setting. And I didn't like Eona that much to begin with! Soo... Ain't nobody got time for that!
The bad: Redundancy of words, explanations, descriptions, and lazily researched terms. Nothing happens for looong stretches of time, and that time is not wisely used on stuff like, you know, proper characterization. There is some effort spent on characters' interactions, but it just felt off - like a stage play where everyone is overacting.
The ugly: It is boring. Every female is described in terms of beauty. There are endless shifts in POV (a huge pet peeve of mine).
Final verdict: DNF at page 300.
This is a 1500+ pages series. It is not as good as [b:Eon & Eona|21850224|Eon & Eona, a Duology Series|Alison Goodman|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1396729845s/21850224.jpg|41121372], of which it strongly reminds me because of the setting. And I didn't like Eona that much to begin with! Soo... Ain't nobody got time for that!