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A review by britterization
The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters
1.0
DNF at roughly 33%
Look, I liked the other Cat Winters that I've read. I like the way she writes. I even like many of the elements of the story (setting, important themes that include sexism, racism, bigotry against LGBT folk, a POC main whose appearance is actually reflected on the cover, etc.)...but I went in expecting a creepy kind of scary historical fiction book, and that's not what I got. Its straight up historical fiction, and I thought it was pretty boring. I mean, its a Hamlet retelling, and it manages to be boring. I don't know. If I didn't have about a million other books waiting for me that sound a lot more interesting, I'd maybe finish it. But I have those other books. Sorry, this book.
Look, I liked the other Cat Winters that I've read. I like the way she writes. I even like many of the elements of the story (setting, important themes that include sexism, racism, bigotry against LGBT folk, a POC main whose appearance is actually reflected on the cover, etc.)...but I went in expecting a creepy kind of scary historical fiction book, and that's not what I got. Its straight up historical fiction, and I thought it was pretty boring. I mean, its a Hamlet retelling, and it manages to be boring. I don't know. If I didn't have about a million other books waiting for me that sound a lot more interesting, I'd maybe finish it. But I have those other books. Sorry, this book.