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A review by evaseyler
The Janes by Louisa Luna
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Book two of the Alice Vega series. The titular Janes are two unknown young Mexican girls found dead, apparently murdered, along with others like them who are being trafficked as soon as they try to emigrate.
Again we're dealing with a situation where underage girls are being bought and sold, which is gross. We're also dealing with drug lords. The plot is incredibly complex and although it doesn't drag at any point, there's a lot that feels like "i am writing a six-part miniseries and inventing ways to keep the watchers riveted". I guess I felt the book could have been two hours shorter and still been satisfactory, not to mention less complicated.
This author has this thing of using a word that is similar to a more accurate word, like dissipated instead of dissolved, which I find a little jarring.
I didn't hate it, and I definitely plan to read book 3, because the characters are solid and I like them (and also because book 3 appears to NOT be about pedos and sex traffickers, barf).
Again we're dealing with a situation where underage girls are being bought and sold, which is gross. We're also dealing with drug lords. The plot is incredibly complex and although it doesn't drag at any point, there's a lot that feels like "i am writing a six-part miniseries and inventing ways to keep the watchers riveted". I guess I felt the book could have been two hours shorter and still been satisfactory, not to mention less complicated.
This author has this thing of using a word that is similar to a more accurate word, like dissipated instead of dissolved, which I find a little jarring.
I didn't hate it, and I definitely plan to read book 3, because the characters are solid and I like them (and also because book 3 appears to NOT be about pedos and sex traffickers, barf).