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bradensd 's review for:
Birds of Paradise
by Oliver K. Langmead
This book took a really interesting premise and went the least interesting direction it could. I actually really enjoyed the beginning half of this book before realizing that it wasn’t going to use its premise to its full extent.
For the most part the book unfolds in a series of seemingly unrelated events, strung along from one thing to the next with no real fluidity.
Adam is characterized as a complete psychopath who has no problem killing people. Even going as far as to torture the villain of the book by having him eaten alive. But the villain is considered evil because he killed a person close to Adam but he only did that because Adam killed his wife. Nothing about Adam’s morality or lack-thereof makes any sense and he’s arguably in the wrong the entire time. There’s no character development at until maybe the last 3 pages but he’s so wholly undeserved at that point it doesn’t even matter.
Also the world building is inconsistent.
I was going to give this 2 stars but while writing this I realized that was too generous.
1.5/5
For the most part the book unfolds in a series of seemingly unrelated events, strung along from one thing to the next with no real fluidity.
Adam is characterized as a complete psychopath who has no problem killing people. Even going as far as to torture the villain of the book by having him eaten alive. But the villain is considered evil because he killed a person close to Adam but he only did that because Adam killed his wife. Nothing about Adam’s morality or lack-thereof makes any sense and he’s arguably in the wrong the entire time. There’s no character development at until maybe the last 3 pages but he’s so wholly undeserved at that point it doesn’t even matter.
Also the world building is inconsistent.
I was going to give this 2 stars but while writing this I realized that was too generous.
1.5/5