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A review by blankpagepanic
The Curse of Sins by Kate Dramis
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I had hoped that with such great barebones this sequel would be a lot better than the first, especially considering its length, but I was unfortunately wrong. Every problem I had with The Curse of Saints came back 10x stronger for this sequel, which is so sad.
First off, this book is way, way too long considering not a lot happens except for brooding, brooding, and more brooding. Don't get me wrong, I love a reluctant, tortured here (or cast) as much as the next person, but I have major issues with authors destroying the character development they had during their previous work for the sake of ~edginess~. Now, I'd be lying if I said this is what breaks the book for me, because what truly does it is how fucking incompetent every single one of there characters are. You mean to tell me that you have the (supposedly) best spy in the kingdom, two generals, a torturer that for some reason is better at spying than the spy is (wtf?), and not a single one of them can see a plot that couldn't be more obvious if it was written in neon lights? And these people are supposed to help run a nation? No wonder what happened happened, because my god are they all so stupid.
Another big issue I have is how some things happen merely for the sake of plot to never be mentioned again and carry virtually no consequence, but I won't get into it now because of spoilers.
Anyway, 2.75 starts rounded up and I'm possibly DNF'ing the series after this disaster of a sequel.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
First off, this book is way, way too long considering not a lot happens except for brooding, brooding, and more brooding. Don't get me wrong, I love a reluctant, tortured here (or cast) as much as the next person, but I have major issues with authors destroying the character development they had during their previous work for the sake of ~edginess~. Now, I'd be lying if I said this is what breaks the book for me, because what truly does it is how fucking incompetent every single one of there characters are. You mean to tell me that you have the (supposedly) best spy in the kingdom, two generals, a torturer that for some reason is better at spying than the spy is (wtf?), and not a single one of them can see a plot that couldn't be more obvious if it was written in neon lights? And these people are supposed to help run a nation? No wonder what happened happened, because my god are they all so stupid.
Another big issue I have is how some things happen merely for the sake of plot to never be mentioned again and carry virtually no consequence, but I won't get into it now because of spoilers.
Anyway, 2.75 starts rounded up and I'm possibly DNF'ing the series after this disaster of a sequel.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.