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A review by lilouae
The Dark Soul by Leia Stone
2.0
So I finally finished it! This was a struggle!
The characters lack depth, and and all very one dimentional, so you're able to anticipate their action pretty quickly.
There are also so many aspects of the story that don't make sence. My biggest issue being that the supernatural cities don't know about each other and have completely different political views. I mean, this would have been understandable if we were talking about different countries (even if it would still have been weird for them to not have contact with each other). But cities of the same country that don't know a single thing about each other's political ways? Or even just where it is and how their society works? It sounds seriously impossible. (I mean, even if they are closed off, they could have spies... And they live in a world where modern technology exists, do you really think that would be possible?!)
There's a lot of action, but every disruptive element is quickly resolved. It felt really rushed and sloppy. (seriously, the issues with the breeding farms was resolved in 10 lines! It was the main plot of the book!!!)
Also, the religious aspect as a whole is too much. It's everywhere and it's not subtle AT ALL so it kind of feels like propaganda at times so it really spoiled my reading.
The characters lack depth, and and all very one dimentional, so you're able to anticipate their action pretty quickly.
There are also so many aspects of the story that don't make sence. My biggest issue being that the supernatural cities don't know about each other and have completely different political views. I mean, this would have been understandable if we were talking about different countries (even if it would still have been weird for them to not have contact with each other). But cities of the same country that don't know a single thing about each other's political ways? Or even just where it is and how their society works? It sounds seriously impossible. (I mean, even if they are closed off, they could have spies... And they live in a world where modern technology exists, do you really think that would be possible?!)
There's a lot of action, but every disruptive element is quickly resolved. It felt really rushed and sloppy. (seriously, the issues with the breeding farms was resolved in 10 lines! It was the main plot of the book!!!)
Also, the religious aspect as a whole is too much. It's everywhere and it's not subtle AT ALL so it kind of feels like propaganda at times so it really spoiled my reading.