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witchfrom1986 's review for:
Mud Vein
by Tarryn Fisher
Judging this book on its writing, the quality of the words, and the talent the author has... I'd give this story five stars. But. Big but. My first thought after finishing it was, "What was the point?" If the point was to utterly depress me and suck almost all of the hope out of my body... consider it a success.
To say the heroine is unlikable isn't quite true. She's... depressing. Hopeless. Bleak. Emotionless. Stark. Off-putting. A void into which love enters and never comes out again. I couldn't relate to her or understand her. I felt for her, which was just weird since she had no emotions herself.
It also didn't help that I never quite bought the plot. It never felt real to me. And when all is revealed, I wasn't shocked. I felt misled. I didn't understand what possible motive the kidnapper could really have had to do all of that.
And don't even get me started on the ending. I've read books that have made me mad when they end the way they do. Or sad. Or sad and mad. This one... I feel... let down? Like I was on a rollercoaster that has made its steep ascent, is almost to the top, about to get to the good part - the freefall, but it just stops. Stalled. You don't get the crazy, fuzzy feel good rush.
Sigh. Simply put, I don't like stories that give you hope only to find out there is none. I don't consider this book to have a happy ending at all. There was no point to the character growth. No point to the developing relationship. None. It all comes to naught.
Oh well.
To say the heroine is unlikable isn't quite true. She's... depressing. Hopeless. Bleak. Emotionless. Stark. Off-putting. A void into which love enters and never comes out again. I couldn't relate to her or understand her. I felt for her, which was just weird since she had no emotions herself.
It also didn't help that I never quite bought the plot. It never felt real to me. And when all is revealed, I wasn't shocked. I felt misled. I didn't understand what possible motive the kidnapper could really have had to do all of that.
And don't even get me started on the ending. I've read books that have made me mad when they end the way they do. Or sad. Or sad and mad. This one... I feel... let down? Like I was on a rollercoaster that has made its steep ascent, is almost to the top, about to get to the good part - the freefall, but it just stops. Stalled. You don't get the crazy, fuzzy feel good rush.
Sigh. Simply put, I don't like stories that give you hope only to find out there is none. I don't consider this book to have a happy ending at all. There was no point to the character growth. No point to the developing relationship. None. It all comes to naught.
Oh well.