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A review by neelamreadsalot
Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto
1.0
DNF.
I got to Chapter 10, and then I was just done with it.
This book seems like it has everything it needs to be a great story: betrayal, phoenixes, magic, soldiers. But the author info dumps soooooo hard and soo frequently. Info dumping is where you stop the storyline to provide information/explanation about the history of the place, people, object etc. I got so annoyed, I put the book down several times. Sometimes she would info dump right in the middle of an action scene! I get that these things might be important but there are better ways to execute than a million em dashes, and pages worth of history that I won’t care about it.
If you like that sort of thing, then this is the book for you. I didn’t like that every time she info dumped, I got pulled out of the story.
I personally like it better when authors slip their information in subtly or through dialog or just simply say “hey, tell me what happened to all the Phoenix riders” and then proceed with a long explanation.
The author also does this thing where she shows how a character is feeling, then tells you how she’s feeling, then gives you a history lesson. Like in Tristan’s intro, she spends all this time explaining why he’s afraid of fire and shows that he’s looking for support from his father after disappointing him several times, and then ruins it by summarizing that he’s not actually afraid of fire, he’s afraid of his father. As if I was too stupid to grasp that myself in her long explanation, she had to spell it out for me at the end of the chapter.
I’m sorry for the rant. I just really wanted to like this book and I tried so hard to read it. But I just can’t get past the writing style.
Pro: the cover is absolutely gorgeous
I got to Chapter 10, and then I was just done with it.
This book seems like it has everything it needs to be a great story: betrayal, phoenixes, magic, soldiers. But the author info dumps soooooo hard and soo frequently. Info dumping is where you stop the storyline to provide information/explanation about the history of the place, people, object etc. I got so annoyed, I put the book down several times. Sometimes she would info dump right in the middle of an action scene! I get that these things might be important but there are better ways to execute than a million em dashes, and pages worth of history that I won’t care about it.
If you like that sort of thing, then this is the book for you. I didn’t like that every time she info dumped, I got pulled out of the story.
I personally like it better when authors slip their information in subtly or through dialog or just simply say “hey, tell me what happened to all the Phoenix riders” and then proceed with a long explanation.
The author also does this thing where she shows how a character is feeling, then tells you how she’s feeling, then gives you a history lesson. Like in Tristan’s intro, she spends all this time explaining why he’s afraid of fire and shows that he’s looking for support from his father after disappointing him several times, and then ruins it by summarizing that he’s not actually afraid of fire, he’s afraid of his father. As if I was too stupid to grasp that myself in her long explanation, she had to spell it out for me at the end of the chapter.
I’m sorry for the rant. I just really wanted to like this book and I tried so hard to read it. But I just can’t get past the writing style.
Pro: the cover is absolutely gorgeous