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A review by ebonwilde
Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
3.0
⋆⋆⋆¾ — i don't really have a lot to say about this. not one of my favorite reads, but not too bad either. i really liked lucy's character in the therapist tapes. lucy of the diary was whatever, until iris's analysis of it. although i never truly connected with iris, through her, it was easy to understand all of lucy's layers, quite surprisingly.
the pacing prevented me from actually enjoying the concept, which was very unique (pyramid scheme where everyone at the top gets turned into a vampire. brilliant). the first half of the book was just establishing the setting and the characters' circumstances with no action whatsoever (except for lucy's spy arc). the chapter lengths, also, were atrocious. (all of them are like 2-5 pages? why?) and the writing was underwhelming for something that's trying to be a gothic book (i think). instead of being eerie and atmospheric, it's your run of the mill mystery writing.
i'd say this is fun if you don't go in with high expectations (or try to read it in one sitting. because then it gets very annoying.) thank you to netgalley for the advanced copy.
the pacing prevented me from actually enjoying the concept, which was very unique (pyramid scheme where everyone at the top gets turned into a vampire. brilliant). the first half of the book was just establishing the setting and the characters' circumstances with no action whatsoever (except for lucy's spy arc). the chapter lengths, also, were atrocious. (all of them are like 2-5 pages? why?) and the writing was underwhelming for something that's trying to be a gothic book (i think). instead of being eerie and atmospheric, it's your run of the mill mystery writing.
i'd say this is fun if you don't go in with high expectations (or try to read it in one sitting. because then it gets very annoying.) thank you to netgalley for the advanced copy.