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A review by hippolyta_vi
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Red Tower Books, publishing gorgeous garbage since 20XX.
If you're someone who doesn't really care about writing style, or if you know poor writing doesn't matter much in your reading experience, I think you'll have a great time here. The whole time I was reading this, I wanted to take a pen and edit the sh*t out of it.
This book has a really intriguing plot and characters that could've been some of my favourites, except the writing style was so incredibly juvenile. I have yet again been duped by a comparison to Six of Crows. I should just stop taking recommendations seriously when they compare a book to SOC. Nothing will ever compare to the perfection that is SOC.
The author of this book has clearly never heard the writing rule "show, don't tell" because all she did was tell. Hardly anything was strategically or artfully revealed, just blatantly told to the reader via diary-entry-like character POVs. On one hand, I can appreciate that she tried to give each character a distinct voice. On the other hand, Royo's thoughts and narration made me want to tear my hair out. I settled for visceral cringing instead.
And justice for Sora for real. Here we have an incredibly complex character who is boiled down to Pretty™. And the enemies to lovers romance does her character such a disservice. I'm actually mad.
Also, the world building was so weak. Anytime a location was mentioned, I immediately wiped the detail from my mind because I knew it would be pointless information.
(You may be thinking, why didn't you DNF it if you hated it to much? The story was still good! And I wanted to know how it ended! The journey getting there was rough)
The ending did have me gagged though.
If you're someone who doesn't really care about writing style, or if you know poor writing doesn't matter much in your reading experience, I think you'll have a great time here. The whole time I was reading this, I wanted to take a pen and edit the sh*t out of it.
This book has a really intriguing plot and characters that could've been some of my favourites, except the writing style was so incredibly juvenile. I have yet again been duped by a comparison to Six of Crows. I should just stop taking recommendations seriously when they compare a book to SOC. Nothing will ever compare to the perfection that is SOC.
The author of this book has clearly never heard the writing rule "show, don't tell" because all she did was tell. Hardly anything was strategically or artfully revealed, just blatantly told to the reader via diary-entry-like character POVs. On one hand, I can appreciate that she tried to give each character a distinct voice. On the other hand, Royo's thoughts and narration made me want to tear my hair out. I settled for visceral cringing instead.
And justice for Sora for real. Here we have an incredibly complex character who is boiled down to Pretty™. And the enemies to lovers romance does her character such a disservice. I'm actually mad.
Also, the world building was so weak. Anytime a location was mentioned, I immediately wiped the detail from my mind because I knew it would be pointless information.
(You may be thinking, why didn't you DNF it if you hated it to much? The story was still good! And I wanted to know how it ended! The journey getting there was rough)
The ending did have me gagged though.