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A review by karlenestaves
In the House of Transcendence by Amanda Ross
3.0
I was really excited to read this book, so I'm bummed to give it only three stars.
I think the idea was there, and it could have been great, but the pacing seemed really off. It felt rushed and yet the story moved so slowly. It seemed incomplete, like it needed some good fleshing out. The 'who done it' aspect was there, but only barely, as it was pretty obvious from the get how it would conclude, at least to me. The emotions of each character seemed shallowly written, which made it hard to connect with them.
All in all, I think this author had a great idea, but it just wasn't executed the right way to make it a great book.
One positive note on this one, and the reason it got three stars instead of two: The magic system and set up with the different houses was written and explained really well. That aspect kept me interested and reading. It helped me to not DNF this one.
Merged review:
I was really excited to read this book, so I'm bummed to give it only three stars.
I think the idea was there, and it could have been great, but the pacing seemed really off. It felt rushed and yet the story moved so slowly. It seemed incomplete, like it needed some good fleshing out. The 'who done it' aspect was there, but only barely, as it was pretty obvious from the get how it would conclude, at least to me. The emotions of each character seemed shallowly written, which made it hard to connect with them.
All in all, I think this author had a great idea, but it just wasn't executed the right way to make it a great book.
One positive note on this one, and the reason it got three stars instead of two: The magic system and set up with the different houses was written and explained really well. That aspect kept me interested and reading. It helped me to not DNF this one.
I think the idea was there, and it could have been great, but the pacing seemed really off. It felt rushed and yet the story moved so slowly. It seemed incomplete, like it needed some good fleshing out. The 'who done it' aspect was there, but only barely, as it was pretty obvious from the get how it would conclude, at least to me. The emotions of each character seemed shallowly written, which made it hard to connect with them.
All in all, I think this author had a great idea, but it just wasn't executed the right way to make it a great book.
One positive note on this one, and the reason it got three stars instead of two: The magic system and set up with the different houses was written and explained really well. That aspect kept me interested and reading. It helped me to not DNF this one.
Merged review:
I was really excited to read this book, so I'm bummed to give it only three stars.
I think the idea was there, and it could have been great, but the pacing seemed really off. It felt rushed and yet the story moved so slowly. It seemed incomplete, like it needed some good fleshing out. The 'who done it' aspect was there, but only barely, as it was pretty obvious from the get how it would conclude, at least to me. The emotions of each character seemed shallowly written, which made it hard to connect with them.
All in all, I think this author had a great idea, but it just wasn't executed the right way to make it a great book.
One positive note on this one, and the reason it got three stars instead of two: The magic system and set up with the different houses was written and explained really well. That aspect kept me interested and reading. It helped me to not DNF this one.