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A review by bookforthought
A Beast So Beautiful by Carlyle Labuschagne
Did not finish book. Stopped at 35%.
I really wanted to like this book. I love retellings, and Beauty and the Beast is one of my favourites, so this looked like something I would really enjoy. Unfortunately, I just couldn't connect with the writing at all.
The grammar and syntax are all over the place, with sentences starting in the present tense and suddenly switching to the past being one in a series of recurring mistakes that made it impossible for me to enjoy reading this.
Even looking past this, I couldn't find much to keep me going. I was very confused for much of what I read, and by the 35% mark I wasn't the least bit involved in the story, nor curious to find out what would happen. I very rarely DNF, but I really couldn't push myself to go any further.
I may have just picked this up at the wrong moment, but this time it's a no for me.
The grammar and syntax are all over the place, with sentences starting in the present tense and suddenly switching to the past being one in a series of recurring mistakes that made it impossible for me to enjoy reading this.
Even looking past this, I couldn't find much to keep me going. I was very confused for much of what I read, and by the 35% mark I wasn't the least bit involved in the story, nor curious to find out what would happen. I very rarely DNF, but I really couldn't push myself to go any further.
I may have just picked this up at the wrong moment, but this time it's a no for me.