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A review by emmylux7
Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey
Did not finish book. Stopped at 38%.
dnf: pg 140
I was pulled in immediately by the opening chapter...things quickly lost momentum after that.
the alternating povs were useless and unnecessary. there were a couple moments where I wondered if the author forgot whose pov they were writing from.
something would happen in Ana's pov and she would react in a way that would've made more sense for Kiki.
but then I remembered that neither of this character's have been fleshed out beyond the stereotypes they were placed in.
i.e
kiki: "misunderstood rich girl"
ana: "street smart girl from the wrong side of the tracks"
speaking of character development; you should do that w/ side characters as well, especially if they're gonna be killed off. It's hard to care about a character being killed off if they don't feel real.
also... who needs 2 paragraphs explaining how dead someone is and how sad you are about it??? NO ONE I TELL YOU.
no one likes a word sandwich; congrats on knowing what a thesaurus is but that's it.
I was pulled in immediately by the opening chapter...things quickly lost momentum after that.
the alternating povs were useless and unnecessary. there were a couple moments where I wondered if the author forgot whose pov they were writing from.
something would happen in Ana's pov and she would react in a way that would've made more sense for Kiki.
but then I remembered that neither of this character's have been fleshed out beyond the stereotypes they were placed in.
i.e
kiki: "misunderstood rich girl"
ana: "street smart girl from the wrong side of the tracks"
speaking of character development; you should do that w/ side characters as well, especially if they're gonna be killed off. It's hard to care about a character being killed off if they don't feel real.
also... who needs 2 paragraphs explaining how dead someone is and how sad you are about it??? NO ONE I TELL YOU.
no one likes a word sandwich; congrats on knowing what a thesaurus is but that's it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Suicide, Violence, and Murder