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A review by lynseyisreading
Grimspace by Ann Aguirre
3.0
What a shame.
(This is not really a review, just a rambling observation).
Such a good idea and a nice cast of characters. Sadly, it lost my interest pretty quickly.
One of my biggest pet peeves when reading is when characters start acting as if they've known each other a lot longer than they have, or are a lot closer than I feel they should be. It completely stops me from being able to connect to them. Here, the main character was saying things like, 'he always does that' and ' I can't remember a time when I didn't feel that way about him' after what felt like about 30 minutes. When an author races ahead of herself like this leaving her readers behind by overestimating their level of involvement, it makes me stop trusting the story. And if I don't trust it, I can't lose myself in it.
Add to that a plot that started strongly, but began meandering at the midway point until if fizzled and died - a quiet death, too, not even anything showy or dramatic - and it had lost me altogether.
Still, I give it three starts for the interesting premise.
3 stars! ★★★
(This is not really a review, just a rambling observation).
Such a good idea and a nice cast of characters. Sadly, it lost my interest pretty quickly.
One of my biggest pet peeves when reading is when characters start acting as if they've known each other a lot longer than they have, or are a lot closer than I feel they should be. It completely stops me from being able to connect to them. Here, the main character was saying things like, 'he always does that' and ' I can't remember a time when I didn't feel that way about him' after what felt like about 30 minutes. When an author races ahead of herself like this leaving her readers behind by overestimating their level of involvement, it makes me stop trusting the story. And if I don't trust it, I can't lose myself in it.
Add to that a plot that started strongly, but began meandering at the midway point until if fizzled and died - a quiet death, too, not even anything showy or dramatic - and it had lost me altogether.
Still, I give it three starts for the interesting premise.
3 stars! ★★★