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A review by snaillydia
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston
2.0
Despite having a premise that promises anguish and a heartbreaking, or at least sad, story, somehow this book manages to be mediocre. Remarkably mediocre.
I cannot say that any of the issues weren't handled well by the author. It's obvious that a lot of thought was put into giving this story the respect it deserves. And yet that's not enough for this book to be anything other than painfully meh.
The characters were fine. The setting was standard. The writing was fine, despite how annoying it was at times. The author decided it was best if our narrator never described anything. So I had to fill in the gaps and make up everything in order to be able to picture this story as I read. No effort was put into giving this setting any sort of depth.
I did like how realistic our narrator was. Hermione is in a tragic situation and following her through her healing felt very real. That's very hard to pull off in a story like this and mad props to the author for doing it.
Oh, by the way, I might be dumb, but how was Shakespeare involved in this? What's Shakespearean about this novel other than the title?
I cannot say that any of the issues weren't handled well by the author. It's obvious that a lot of thought was put into giving this story the respect it deserves. And yet that's not enough for this book to be anything other than painfully meh.
The characters were fine. The setting was standard. The writing was fine, despite how annoying it was at times. The author decided it was best if our narrator never described anything. So I had to fill in the gaps and make up everything in order to be able to picture this story as I read. No effort was put into giving this setting any sort of depth.
I did like how realistic our narrator was. Hermione is in a tragic situation and following her through her healing felt very real. That's very hard to pull off in a story like this and mad props to the author for doing it.
Oh, by the way, I might be dumb, but how was Shakespeare involved in this? What's Shakespearean about this novel other than the title?