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andreareadsalot 's review for:
The Cabinet of Wonders
by Marie Rutkoski
DID NOT FINISH
I DNF’d on ebook at 40%. This middle grade book is set in Bohemia where magic is only for the wealthy. Those of a lesser social status are frowned upon for taking “shortcuts” to do work. When Petra’s father has his eyes removed by the Prince for building the most magnificent magical clock, Petra takes it upon herself along with her magical talking robot spider to infiltrate the Palace and take her father’s eyes back.
Reasons I didn’t like it:
1) Trigger warnings did not prepare me for how dark this middle grade story is. It’s more descriptive in gore than I was expecting and deals with miscarriage, child death, violence, torture and poverty.
2) The plot was all over the place. If it wasn’t for the TWs I probably would have stuck out the rest of this book to finish but it felt like the author didn’t have a clear plan of how to get to the end.
3) The MCs decisions were hard to follow. I didn’t understand Petra’s motivations or why she chose the decisions she did for most of the book.
This book was recommended to me on StoryGraph based on other books I have liked.
Reasons I didn’t like it:
1) Trigger warnings did not prepare me for how dark this middle grade story is. It’s more descriptive in gore than I was expecting and deals with miscarriage, child death, violence, torture and poverty.
2) The plot was all over the place. If it wasn’t for the TWs I probably would have stuck out the rest of this book to finish but it felt like the author didn’t have a clear plan of how to get to the end.
3) The MCs decisions were hard to follow. I didn’t understand Petra’s motivations or why she chose the decisions she did for most of the book.
This book was recommended to me on StoryGraph based on other books I have liked.