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A review by trumpetmark
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
"M" - My 2024 Alphabet Challenge
I wanted to like this, I really did. But FUCK ME am I glad it's over.
I love fantasy, I love romance, I love magic and all that fun stuff. This was dull, boring, overly complicated without explanation, and I struggled through every page.
I don't know why, but the writing style just irked me so badly. I had to reread pages over and over and over to try and absorb what on earth had just been said.
Even now, the plot is
There's this girl, then she's in prison, then she's not, then she's not in the city, then she is, then...erm...grr I don't like the person who raised me, then erm...magic? Girls kissing aaaaand suddenly she's gone and the big bad who we have never met wraps up the book with some gobbledygook after main character can suddenly do memory tricks.
Not a single giblet of mine has been tickled, I cannot explain how much I fucking despised reading every word on every page, I'm sorry!
Normally with a duology I make sure to read the 2nd book, but that would be saved for the day I decide getting my wife to jump on my balls is the equivalent of a fun day out.
I wanted to like this, I really did. But FUCK ME am I glad it's over.
I love fantasy, I love romance, I love magic and all that fun stuff. This was dull, boring, overly complicated without explanation, and I struggled through every page.
I don't know why, but the writing style just irked me so badly. I had to reread pages over and over and over to try and absorb what on earth had just been said.
Even now, the plot is
There's this girl, then she's in prison, then she's not, then she's not in the city, then she is, then...erm...grr I don't like the person who raised me, then erm...magic? Girls kissing aaaaand suddenly she's gone and the big bad who we have never met wraps up the book with some gobbledygook after main character can suddenly do memory tricks.
Not a single giblet of mine has been tickled, I cannot explain how much I fucking despised reading every word on every page, I'm sorry!
Normally with a duology I make sure to read the 2nd book, but that would be saved for the day I decide getting my wife to jump on my balls is the equivalent of a fun day out.