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A review by amyiw
Escape From Zulaire by Veronica Scott
3.0
2 1/2
I bumped it up because it had a pretty decent story. My issue was that there was a silent self talk in 1st person POV from the female character that was jarring since all the rest was 3rd person dual POV. Perhaps it was to distinguish between talking and thoughts in the audio? Still the audio was pretty bad for me too because the male voice narrates everything, feelings, actions, and all male voice while the female narrator narrates the female voices and the thoughts. So the guy says her feelings, 'she became hot, and the female I wonder if he likes me. This was even more jarring so I went to reading it and actually started kind of enjoying it. I still didn't like the 1st person self talk but... the story flowed better for me.
Even with going to the print read, I still didn't love it. The relationship felt forced, or too fast, yet it took forever to get there. I didn't see what he saw in her as he was trying to save her and she pretty much wanted to disbelieve everything he said. I felt she was a bit silly and naive. When they are finally together it felt like insta love in a war zone. Not very good for a romance. Still the overall storyline is good. Was hard to decide between 2 and 3.
I bumped it up because it had a pretty decent story. My issue was that there was a silent self talk in 1st person POV from the female character that was jarring since all the rest was 3rd person dual POV. Perhaps it was to distinguish between talking and thoughts in the audio? Still the audio was pretty bad for me too because the male voice narrates everything, feelings, actions, and all male voice while the female narrator narrates the female voices and the thoughts. So the guy says her feelings, 'she became hot, and the female I wonder if he likes me. This was even more jarring so I went to reading it and actually started kind of enjoying it. I still didn't like the 1st person self talk but... the story flowed better for me.
Even with going to the print read, I still didn't love it. The relationship felt forced, or too fast, yet it took forever to get there. I didn't see what he saw in her as he was trying to save her and she pretty much wanted to disbelieve everything he said. I felt she was a bit silly and naive. When they are finally together it felt like insta love in a war zone. Not very good for a romance. Still the overall storyline is good. Was hard to decide between 2 and 3.