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A review by sarahbc93_
Poison by Sarah Pinborough
3.0
So, this felt a little odd to me as I was reading it. I enjoyed it overall but there were moments that the story as a whole seemed a little rushed and there were elements that didn’t seem to fit in to the story at all and seemed to have been placed there for no other reason than shock value.
The reasons for Lilith’s dislike of Snow are never explained fully, we see the jealousy that pops up now and then but it’s never fully gone into in depth. I feel like if it had been then some of the rest of the book would make sense. It is explained that there isn’t a massive age difference between Lilith and Snow so that leads to some almost erotically charged moments between them but that isn’t delved into either.
There are a couple of moments where you feel like your being told a fairytale as if you are a child, then suddenly there is a curse word or a sex scene and it pulls you out of it just a little bit. It is interesting that the King in this fairytale is still alive, but instead he’s shown as being off at war instead. I did always wonder about the father in the original tale.
The Prince is your typical chauvinist. He falls in love with Snow while she is “dead” and then realised that he doesn’t like her alive as much as he did before. So he gives her the apple again but this time in a drink so that the chunk can’t be dislodged from her throat again. Have to confess that I didn’t see that coming at all.
So yeah, there were some things that could have been improved on but on the whole I did enjoy it. I’ll definitely be reading the others to get the full picture.
The reasons for Lilith’s dislike of Snow are never explained fully, we see the jealousy that pops up now and then but it’s never fully gone into in depth. I feel like if it had been then some of the rest of the book would make sense. It is explained that there isn’t a massive age difference between Lilith and Snow so that leads to some almost erotically charged moments between them but that isn’t delved into either.
There are a couple of moments where you feel like your being told a fairytale as if you are a child, then suddenly there is a curse word or a sex scene and it pulls you out of it just a little bit. It is interesting that the King in this fairytale is still alive, but instead he’s shown as being off at war instead. I did always wonder about the father in the original tale.
The Prince is your typical chauvinist. He falls in love with Snow while she is “dead” and then realised that he doesn’t like her alive as much as he did before. So he gives her the apple again but this time in a drink so that the chunk can’t be dislodged from her throat again. Have to confess that I didn’t see that coming at all.
So yeah, there were some things that could have been improved on but on the whole I did enjoy it. I’ll definitely be reading the others to get the full picture.