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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo
3.0
So, yesterday evening I was going through my shelves, looking for a few special editions that were NOT in the right place and all of a sudden I found this one again. I had ordered it a while ago and I forgot about it. Quite literally. I really didn't remember having this book. I actually didn't remember this book at all, but fine. However, it seemed like the perfect book to read today, since I really enjoyed to kill a kingdom.
However, this book had a really different atmosphere and approach and therefore it didn't have the same effect on me. It's hard to explain what was wrong with the book. I wouldn't say there was anything really wrong with it. It just, didn't really excite me either? I was reading it without feeling much. I was taking in the story, without actually being entertained or humored or really invested. I was just reading words and sentences, without them actually doing something with me.
There were however small moments where I saw potential. In between all the action and the fighting, in between the display of magic and its secrets slowly being revealed, there were a few moments where the characters were actually showing more of themselves, were actually going through hard times and were actually showing and sharing their emotions. If the book had contained a few more of those, if the characters hadn't been so secretive towards even the reader, I might have enjoyed it more.
It also didn't help that in a way it felt, at the end of the book, like nothing had happened, apart from the very thing the gang was trying to prevent. I understand this is a duology and that not everything can be resolved and understand that characters failing is one of the ways to show that they are human and vulnerable and not almighty chosen ones. However, it felt a little like they have been on some goose chase all through the book, only ending up in a way worse position than they already were.
I'm a little in doubt if I'm gonna get and read the second book. I'm gonna wait and see when the time comes. I'm a little afraid it's gonna be the same thing all over again, just with a different outcome. Although, the ending hinted towards involving the high politicians and that might be something I'm interested in.
However, this book had a really different atmosphere and approach and therefore it didn't have the same effect on me. It's hard to explain what was wrong with the book. I wouldn't say there was anything really wrong with it. It just, didn't really excite me either? I was reading it without feeling much. I was taking in the story, without actually being entertained or humored or really invested. I was just reading words and sentences, without them actually doing something with me.
There were however small moments where I saw potential. In between all the action and the fighting, in between the display of magic and its secrets slowly being revealed, there were a few moments where the characters were actually showing more of themselves, were actually going through hard times and were actually showing and sharing their emotions. If the book had contained a few more of those, if the characters hadn't been so secretive towards even the reader, I might have enjoyed it more.
It also didn't help that in a way it felt, at the end of the book, like nothing had happened, apart from the very thing the gang was trying to prevent. I understand this is a duology and that not everything can be resolved and understand that characters failing is one of the ways to show that they are human and vulnerable and not almighty chosen ones. However, it felt a little like they have been on some goose chase all through the book, only ending up in a way worse position than they already were.
I'm a little in doubt if I'm gonna get and read the second book. I'm gonna wait and see when the time comes. I'm a little afraid it's gonna be the same thing all over again, just with a different outcome. Although, the ending hinted towards involving the high politicians and that might be something I'm interested in.