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A review by koistyfishy
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
It felt good reading a good book again… but whilst this is a good book it’s not exactly what I’d call 5/5 great.
The book pacing is slow…. (Almost off-puttingly slow). Whist I understand the reasons for this slow pace, nothing new really happened until about half way through the book. The reader finds out the “conflict” in this book in the prolog and we have to spend almost 200 pages before the characters know what is going on…
The romance was also lacklustre, for this to be a Romeo and Juliet retelling you expect this tragic epic love story of starcrossed lovers and you don’t really get that shown to you by how the characters act… it’s more told they love each other and you have to accept it as fact..
It was a unique retake on the retelling but some aspects fell flat…
Still enjoyed the book!
The book pacing is slow…. (Almost off-puttingly slow). Whist I understand the reasons for this slow pace, nothing new really happened until about half way through the book. The reader finds out the “conflict” in this book in the prolog and we have to spend almost 200 pages before the characters know what is going on…
The romance was also lacklustre, for this to be a Romeo and Juliet retelling you expect this tragic epic love story of starcrossed lovers and you don’t really get that shown to you by how the characters act… it’s more told they love each other and you have to accept it as fact..
It was a unique retake on the retelling but some aspects fell flat…
Still enjoyed the book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Vomit