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A review by isabelthearcher
Fallen by Lauren Kate
3.0
Overall this was a solid 3 stars. The plot was relatively fast paced, the characters were bearable and there was some good imagery that I enjoyed reading. Even with watching the movie beforehand, I found Cam and Daniel to be quite dry. It reminded me of Twilight, there was a lot of angst and that was fun to read about. However it falls short of Twilight because there was no sexual or romantic chemistry until the very end when it felt rushed and weird.
Part of this is due to Luce’s narration, I found her ok. She tends to wring a cloth dry when explaining and describing things. I think a lot of her rambling could have been cut out. Not to say that I didn’t enjoy her as a character, I just think she isn’t very well fleshed out and so I can’t relate with her even through fiction.
I would have definitely enjoyed this book probably more when I was younger, as the language and themes tend to be quite simple. I did also like how Christian mythology of angels was used in the plot line. However this book was just missing things. I cannot put a name on what exactly those things are, but they have a profound effect on my enjoyment of the novel. I won’t read the next books in the series because I would start to hate read and there’s no point in that.
Personally… Maybe just because I’m in Team Jacob, I was also a Team Cam in this book. Daniel Grigori treated Luce like a pile of dogshit until the very end when she had revealed everything about him. Which, may I say, is enormously obvious to the reader by the Prologue and hints dropped throughout the text. Luce is so clueless, which could be fun to read about, however it’s to too much of an extent when I started questioning whether Luce even had a brain to begin with.
Part of this is due to Luce’s narration, I found her ok. She tends to wring a cloth dry when explaining and describing things. I think a lot of her rambling could have been cut out. Not to say that I didn’t enjoy her as a character, I just think she isn’t very well fleshed out and so I can’t relate with her even through fiction.
I would have definitely enjoyed this book probably more when I was younger, as the language and themes tend to be quite simple. I did also like how Christian mythology of angels was used in the plot line. However this book was just missing things. I cannot put a name on what exactly those things are, but they have a profound effect on my enjoyment of the novel. I won’t read the next books in the series because I would start to hate read and there’s no point in that.
Personally… Maybe just because I’m in Team Jacob, I was also a Team Cam in this book. Daniel Grigori treated Luce like a pile of dogshit until the very end when she had revealed everything about him. Which, may I say, is enormously obvious to the reader by the Prologue and hints dropped throughout the text. Luce is so clueless, which could be fun to read about, however it’s to too much of an extent when I started questioning whether Luce even had a brain to begin with.