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A review by carolynnagain
Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The only good thing about this book was the mystery itself. It's diverse, but in a hamfisted, cover-of-a-textbook kind of way. It doesn't feel natural but more like the author wanted to check a certain number of boxes. This leads to somehow even more awkward characterization than just everyone having VERY specific appearance descriptions.
The prose is also very weak and not at all edited to suit the setting. There's many modernisms and idioms that immediately pulled me out of the world in an irritating way.
If the mystery itself wasn't interesting with a pretty good twist, I wouldn't know what anyone got out of this book.
The prose is also very weak and not at all edited to suit the setting. There's many modernisms and idioms that immediately pulled me out of the world in an irritating way.
If the mystery itself wasn't interesting with a pretty good twist, I wouldn't know what anyone got out of this book.