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julian_greystoke 's review for:
Seeker
by Arwen Elys Dayton
DNF rant!
This book... it makes me frustrated to the point of rage because it keeps dancing on the edge of something I could enjoy. Then it snaps back to a land of confusion, poorly done characters, and some of the shoddiest world building I have ever read.
I made it probably a little under half way through this mess. If it starts making sense, if someone explains the world later on, I'm never going to see it because I simply cannot with this book any more.
The biggest annoyance for me is that we're swimming in characters and POVs. If you like books with frequent, whiplash educing, POV switches (every chapter, and the chapters aren't very long) then this monstrosity is for you. Personally I would have eliminated at least two POVs. This book felt crowded and unfocused, especially as the characters were bland and lacked depth. And not only do we constantly switch between characters, but also timelines. Sometimes we have chapters that are flashbacks and it can be very disorienting.
I think I get what this book is trying to do. It's low-key about time travel and dimensions and what not, so the flow of the narrative is supposed to skip around and feel a little disorienting. Maybe someone else could have pulled it off. Reading this felt like a little kid stumbling through a story who keeps going back to pick up details he forgot earlier.
And the world building. Oh gods the world building. Are we in modern day? The future? A dystopian future? Who the fuck knows?! Some people have magic powers, and that's.... normal? Do only these characters have powers? Does everyone have some kind of power? Does it have to do with family lines? WTF is going on here?!?
The only character I liked was Maud. I'd read her book and maybe it could explain her culture a little better. Otherwise I hate everyone and I'm going to stop following them now!
This book... it makes me frustrated to the point of rage because it keeps dancing on the edge of something I could enjoy. Then it snaps back to a land of confusion, poorly done characters, and some of the shoddiest world building I have ever read.
I made it probably a little under half way through this mess. If it starts making sense, if someone explains the world later on, I'm never going to see it because I simply cannot with this book any more.
The biggest annoyance for me is that we're swimming in characters and POVs. If you like books with frequent, whiplash educing, POV switches (every chapter, and the chapters aren't very long) then this monstrosity is for you. Personally I would have eliminated at least two POVs. This book felt crowded and unfocused, especially as the characters were bland and lacked depth.
Spoiler
one of them loses her memory for reasons that are narratively unclear to me. (I would have just changed the structure of the story and skipped the memory loss all together).I think I get what this book is trying to do. It's low-key about time travel and dimensions and what not, so the flow of the narrative is supposed to skip around and feel a little disorienting. Maybe someone else could have pulled it off. Reading this felt like a little kid stumbling through a story who keeps going back to pick up details he forgot earlier.
And the world building. Oh gods the world building. Are we in modern day? The future? A dystopian future? Who the fuck knows?! Some people have magic powers, and that's.... normal? Do only these characters have powers? Does everyone have some kind of power? Does it have to do with family lines? WTF is going on here?!?
The only character I liked was Maud. I'd read her book and maybe it could explain her culture a little better. Otherwise I hate everyone and I'm going to stop following them now!