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kurenai 's review for:
The Girl of Fire and Thorns
by Rae Carson
I started out liking this book quite a bit but religious wars just make me sick and all the mention of God this and God that kind of soured this story for me. Is this some sort of alternate monotheistic fantasy that I just happened to pick up? I'm not sure but... well, it wasn't bad by any stretch and for a first novel it was generally well written. But... the eternal but... when all is said and done and the last page finished this story just did not resonate with me.
I suppose part of my issues with the story - aside from the God bits - was that something about this book seemed rather unfinished, like it felt like a new author. We couldn't get out of the main character's head and she started off pretty passively going along with things, like being kidnapped. I dunno. Some plot bits seemed wholly implausible, jarring and might I say ridiculous? Yeah, we see her change and evolve but some of what happened to her made her feel like some sort of one-dimensional Mary Sue that just had plot twists thrust upon her because it sounded like a good idea at the time.
I'm sorry, nothing against this book or the author, but I'm going to have to pass on this series. Just not my type of book.
I suppose part of my issues with the story - aside from the God bits - was that something about this book seemed rather unfinished, like it felt like a new author. We couldn't get out of the main character's head and she started off pretty passively going along with things, like being kidnapped. I dunno. Some plot bits seemed wholly implausible, jarring and might I say ridiculous? Yeah, we see her change and evolve but some of what happened to her made her feel like some sort of one-dimensional Mary Sue that just had plot twists thrust upon her because it sounded like a good idea at the time.
I'm sorry, nothing against this book or the author, but I'm going to have to pass on this series. Just not my type of book.