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A review by livres_de_bloss
Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone
3.0
What a strange book…
This started out very slowly, was very confusing, and a lot more ‘piratey’ than I was expecting. Once we got to part two though, my engagement increased significantly.
While a much better second half, this book had one too many “twists” that got more and more outlandish as time went on.. The story has enough “gotchas” by the time we . Everything thereafter just felt implausible and kind of silly.
The characters were all pretty awful. The truth about the was appalling.
If the beginning had been edited a bit more and a few of those “twists” cut out, this could have been a five star book. The writing is well done, the pacing is pretty good, and the latter half a engaging read.
This started out very slowly, was very confusing, and a lot more ‘piratey’ than I was expecting. Once we got to part two though, my engagement increased significantly.
While a much better second half, this book had one too many “twists” that got more and more outlandish as time went on.
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Ellice orchestrating her death and framing Ross, the shock of El being alive, and Mouse being a third sister spun this completely off the deep-end for me.Spoiler
saw Ross convicted.The characters were all pretty awful. The truth about the
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Speaking of, I also don’t understand why Mouse had to be the third sister. If the grandfather had also fathered Mouse with the Witch as the mother, surely the DNA thread would still work? While horrific, I just think that would have been a better explanation than the tired “third twin” trope.If the beginning had been edited a bit more and a few of those “twists” cut out, this could have been a five star book. The writing is well done, the pacing is pretty good, and the latter half a engaging read.