tarotweird 's review for:

Shadow by Jenny Moss

2.0

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Really hated this book. Not for the plot: I thought that was the interesting thing. There was a lot of potential but the result was aggravating. I couldn't connect with any character, they were all one-dimensional, I was unclear about any person's true motivation (for as much as the word "duty" was thrown around, I didn't see it much). The entire book is written in passive voice: "The door was opened," "the sword was lifted" such that a lot of the action felt anticlimactic. I didn't see any chemistry between the main characters, there were too many secondary characters who served only as info dumping platforms and could not have survived as real people if any of the story had been changed. The descriptions were flat and offered no mental image. I was also immensely confused by all the subplots that didn't go anywhere (Inged is somehow partially descended from gods but it is only mentioned once and never brought up again, we learn about Shadow's mother at the end but the Big Secret is just sort of shoved at you - plus it makes no sense), and I got very tired of the "children being innocent" crap.