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goddessbelle 's review for:
Magonia
by Maria Dahvana Headley
But I ask you, wouldn't it be worse if I were perfect? My imperfections make me less mournable.
I've heard many amazing reviews about Magonia. Hell, there's a dazzling praise from Neil Gaiman on the cover. But sadly, all the positivity only amplified the disappointment I got reading the book.
I mean there's nothing inherently wrong with the book. A lot of reviews rave about the originality of the book and its interesting mythology, but I think that's where the problem lies.
The mythology.
I just couldn't buy into it. You see, I'm not really interested in pirates. I don't really care about ships too, even if it is floating in the air. And I can't give two craps about birds either. PLUS, Magonia has a hell lot of singing going on and it only makes me upset because I'm having laryngitis and I can't even whisper more than two syllabus without breaking into a coughing fit. But no, really, the whole Singing-To-Make-Things-Work thing is too much like a love child of Mary Poppins and Enchanted and I cannot take it seriously.
Other than the mythology I didn't wholeheartedly enjoy, Magonia also leans dangerously close to the disgusting hellhole of A Love Triangle. Nothing much happens in this story, to be fair. BUT judging that it's only book ONE, I'm 200% sure that The Love Triangle is going to happen at some point and I will not be there to find out.
Goodbye.
"When people die, you forget about them eventually. You have to. Time passes. Nothing's that important."