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A review by clauleesi
Brother's Ruin by Emma Newman
1.0
Even though the premise sounded absolutely amazing, I found 'Brother's Ruin' to be extremely bland and unimpressive - in short, this was a huge disappointment, especially as this was published by Tor, which otherwise only puts out wonderful books.
Very negative review up ahead, y'all.
At the back of this book, we're promised magicians in a steampunk setting and are then basically told things that happen in the last parts of the book. Not only that, but everything sounded both way cooler in the synopsis and we were also told things that didn't really happen at all. What is the sinister plot that Charlotte discovers? How is she protecting her city? We simply got promised way more than what we got.
As for Charlotte, I couldn't find myself caring for her at all - she was a dull shell, that had no real personality traits or anything that made her unique and interesting, we were just supposed to accept that she was. To be honest, I didn't care about anything in this book.
The magic system was bloody useless as it was not explained at all. The characters were ridiculous and infuriating and had no real personalities whatsoever. Ending was expected, writing was like that of a childish fanfic, and the only positive thing I can think of was that I flew through it - which isn't too grand as it was only a short novella. Now I'm just happy to be done with it so that I can continue on to something that won't be like a chicken without any fucking seasoning that then claims to be delicious, proper, flavoured food.
Nope, this definitely wasn't for me.
Very negative review up ahead, y'all.
At the back of this book, we're promised magicians in a steampunk setting and are then basically told things that happen in the last parts of the book. Not only that, but everything sounded both way cooler in the synopsis and we were also told things that didn't really happen at all. What is the sinister plot that Charlotte discovers? How is she protecting her city? We simply got promised way more than what we got.
As for Charlotte, I couldn't find myself caring for her at all - she was a dull shell, that had no real personality traits or anything that made her unique and interesting, we were just supposed to accept that she was. To be honest, I didn't care about anything in this book.
The magic system was bloody useless as it was not explained at all. The characters were ridiculous and infuriating and had no real personalities whatsoever. Ending was expected, writing was like that of a childish fanfic, and the only positive thing I can think of was that I flew through it - which isn't too grand as it was only a short novella. Now I'm just happy to be done with it so that I can continue on to something that won't be like a chicken without any fucking seasoning that then claims to be delicious, proper, flavoured food.
Nope, this definitely wasn't for me.