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jaxskellington 's review for:
The Secret World of Maggie Grey
by Granger
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book had SO MUCH POTENTIAL. So much so that it makes me sad. This book feels like a rough draft. An unedited, underdeveloped, rough draft. I cannot believe this hit the shelves in the state that it's in. The overwhelming amount of five star reviews is BONKERS. Did we all read the same book???
I wanna talk about these povs. WHY THE FUCK ARE THERE SO MANY???!! There are so many character switches that I forgot who the main character was. Her voice gets lost throughout this entire story and it's infuriating. Our protagonist finds out that she's a vampire, part of a royal family and we get NO DEVELOPMENT ON THAT. I thought this book was gonna be about her finding herself, finding her power, and all of that just comes to a dead end. All of the characters in this book have so many opportunities to discover the power and their history, their BLACK HISTORY as powerful beings and we get NOTHING. The girls in this book spend so much time rejecting who they are that it made me not give a fuck either. Which again, sad.
Also, the characters in this book are in their mid twenties to early thirties. Why the fuck do they talk like that. The slang in this book is so cringe it makes my skin crawl. The language in this book sounds like it was written by someone's old ass auntie who gets all of her slang from Tik tok. Absolutely terrible. It's so over the top and distracts from the actual story.
Speaking of, WHAT THE FUCK IS THE ACTUAL PLOT??? I feel like there's so much description and little to no action. The most exciting part happens at the end and "exciting" is a stretch.
The fucking cliffhanger??? It just seems unfinished. Like the author was tired of writing so she just stopped writing and hit send. Please.
I CANNOT and WILL NOT read another 500 page book of this nonsense. I want someone to take this concept at its core and rewrite it because, holy shit!!!
I wanna talk about these povs. WHY THE FUCK ARE THERE SO MANY???!! There are so many character switches that I forgot who the main character was. Her voice gets lost throughout this entire story and it's infuriating. Our protagonist finds out that she's a vampire, part of a royal family and we get NO DEVELOPMENT ON THAT. I thought this book was gonna be about her finding herself, finding her power, and all of that just comes to a dead end. All of the characters in this book have so many opportunities to discover the power and their history, their BLACK HISTORY as powerful beings and we get NOTHING. The girls in this book spend so much time rejecting who they are that it made me not give a fuck either. Which again, sad.
Also, the characters in this book are in their mid twenties to early thirties. Why the fuck do they talk like that. The slang in this book is so cringe it makes my skin crawl. The language in this book sounds like it was written by someone's old ass auntie who gets all of her slang from Tik tok. Absolutely terrible. It's so over the top and distracts from the actual story.
Speaking of, WHAT THE FUCK IS THE ACTUAL PLOT??? I feel like there's so much description and little to no action. The most exciting part happens at the end and "exciting" is a stretch.
The fucking cliffhanger??? It just seems unfinished. Like the author was tired of writing so she just stopped writing and hit send. Please.
I CANNOT and WILL NOT read another 500 page book of this nonsense. I want someone to take this concept at its core and rewrite it because, holy shit!!!