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A review by noveldeelights
The Hemlock Cure by Joanne Burn
2.0
Based on the book description, this should have been right up my alley. Unfortunately, it fell incredibly short of my expectations.
For a character-driven story such as this one, it's vitally important the reader connects to the characters; finds something engaging about them, and that was sorely lacking in this case. I didn't particularly care what became of them. On top of that, it didn't seem like anything much was happening and the things that did occur ended up being awfully predictable so by the halfway mark, I was already feeling rather frustrated. There's a storyline that adds zero value and I'm still trying to figure out what the point was of having Leah narrate the story.
The Hemlock Cure just failed to grab me, the pacing was completely off and I struggled to finish it. It didn't have the atmospheric vibe I was looking for, nor the engaging characters and I'm afraid to say that at the end of it all it's just not memorable.
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy.
For a character-driven story such as this one, it's vitally important the reader connects to the characters; finds something engaging about them, and that was sorely lacking in this case. I didn't particularly care what became of them. On top of that, it didn't seem like anything much was happening and the things that did occur ended up being awfully predictable so by the halfway mark, I was already feeling rather frustrated. There's a storyline that adds zero value and I'm still trying to figure out what the point was of having Leah narrate the story.
The Hemlock Cure just failed to grab me, the pacing was completely off and I struggled to finish it. It didn't have the atmospheric vibe I was looking for, nor the engaging characters and I'm afraid to say that at the end of it all it's just not memorable.
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy.