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A review by sarah1984
The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
Did not finish book.
26/11 - This isn't impressing me as much as the first book. The language, the exceedingly thick and fake-torn pages, the characters - none of it is drawing me in to the story like the first book. The novelty seems to have worn off. The second book is also quite a bit longer than the first and my first thought when I picked it up at the library was "Wow, that's a lot bigger than I expected!" That sounds dirty, but it's not meant to be and no matter what word I substitute for 'bigger' (still in the same context - longer, fatter, thicker etc) it still sounds dreadful, so I'm not going to bother trying and will put up with the mockery I'm likely to get. This might be a DNF for me, simply because I think the first book could (should) have been a stand alone. To be continued...
11/12 - This didn't pass the litmus test of being given a second chance to be read while it sat on my bedside table. I had only a few passing thoughts of picking it up over one of the other books I was currently reading concurrently - that tells me that it hasn't, and probably never will, hold my attention. I read so little (maybe 20 pages), that I don't feel it's fair to rate it formally, but informally I would give it 2 - 2.5 stars.
11/12 - This didn't pass the litmus test of being given a second chance to be read while it sat on my bedside table. I had only a few passing thoughts of picking it up over one of the other books I was currently reading concurrently - that tells me that it hasn't, and probably never will, hold my attention. I read so little (maybe 20 pages), that I don't feel it's fair to rate it formally, but informally I would give it 2 - 2.5 stars.