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hannah_rose_reading 's review for:
Darkfever
by Karen Marie Moning
So here's my question: why do people like this book?
I hated this book. I thought this book was sexist, badly-written, and full of unlikeable characters. Neither Mac nor Jericho is even remotely appealing. Jericho speaks to Mac like she is a thing, and she allows him to. In fact, that appears to be a theme throughout: there is not a single male character in this book who respects women as people. Which reminds me: ALL of the characters are male. This book fails the Bechdel Test hard. Embarrassingly hard. I guess I should have expected as much from a woman who writes romance novels that probably include far too many uses of the word "ravished." FURTHERMORE, Mac will not shut up about her freaking BEAUTY. After I awoke from my Clique series obsession in the sixth grade, I forswore all books containing excessive descriptions of clothing, hairstyle, or really any physical attributes beyond the initial introduction of a character (this is why I put down Poison Princess after 20 pages, because BARF). And yet! I found myself reading Darkfever.
Jericho may be the most disgustingly sexist brute in the history of ever, excepting of course all other male characters in this book, but Mac is just as obnoxious. We are forced to spend an entire novel in her head, which actually gave me a headache. I really couldn't care less what she is wearing at any point in time, descriptions of which take up ENTIRE PARAGRAPHS of this book.
I was really excited to read Darkfever. Everyone on Goodreads seems to love it, and I was intrigued by the setting and promise of Fae lore. But honestly, I don't understand why everyone loves this series. I found it to be quite hard to take.
You may be wondering why, if I hated it so much, I have it two stars instead of one. I wanted to give it one star. But I just couldn't do it. Here is the embarrassing truth: I did not like this book, but there is a significant part of me that reeeeeally wants to know what happens. I have so many questions! So many unanswered questions! And the part of me that wants to know the answers to these questions wants to read the next installment of this infuriating saga.
I will be strong. I will survive this. I will try to spare myself the pain and frustration of reading another Fever book.
BUT WAIT WHO IS JERICHO WHAT DID HE DO TO THAT VAMPIRE? Shhh. Be quiet.
WHY WAS MAC ADOPTED IN THE FIRST PLACE??
Would you shut up?
NEVER.
Wish me luck.
I hated this book. I thought this book was sexist, badly-written, and full of unlikeable characters. Neither Mac nor Jericho is even remotely appealing. Jericho speaks to Mac like she is a thing, and she allows him to. In fact, that appears to be a theme throughout: there is not a single male character in this book who respects women as people. Which reminds me: ALL of the characters are male. This book fails the Bechdel Test hard. Embarrassingly hard. I guess I should have expected as much from a woman who writes romance novels that probably include far too many uses of the word "ravished." FURTHERMORE, Mac will not shut up about her freaking BEAUTY. After I awoke from my Clique series obsession in the sixth grade, I forswore all books containing excessive descriptions of clothing, hairstyle, or really any physical attributes beyond the initial introduction of a character (this is why I put down Poison Princess after 20 pages, because BARF). And yet! I found myself reading Darkfever.
Jericho may be the most disgustingly sexist brute in the history of ever, excepting of course all other male characters in this book, but Mac is just as obnoxious. We are forced to spend an entire novel in her head, which actually gave me a headache. I really couldn't care less what she is wearing at any point in time, descriptions of which take up ENTIRE PARAGRAPHS of this book.
I was really excited to read Darkfever. Everyone on Goodreads seems to love it, and I was intrigued by the setting and promise of Fae lore. But honestly, I don't understand why everyone loves this series. I found it to be quite hard to take.
You may be wondering why, if I hated it so much, I have it two stars instead of one. I wanted to give it one star. But I just couldn't do it. Here is the embarrassing truth: I did not like this book, but there is a significant part of me that reeeeeally wants to know what happens. I have so many questions! So many unanswered questions! And the part of me that wants to know the answers to these questions wants to read the next installment of this infuriating saga.
I will be strong. I will survive this. I will try to spare myself the pain and frustration of reading another Fever book.
BUT WAIT WHO IS JERICHO WHAT DID HE DO TO THAT VAMPIRE? Shhh. Be quiet.
WHY WAS MAC ADOPTED IN THE FIRST PLACE??
Would you shut up?
NEVER.
Wish me luck.