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A review by pumpkinejuice
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
1.0
Gave up on page: 57
Brightly Woven is a story about Sydelle and her mysterious wizard not friend North. Together they go on a prolonged camping trip in order to save the nation from certain destruction. Probably a lot more happens but I gave up part way through the book.
I'm very disappointed in this book because I really wanted to like it. I loved Bracken's Darkest Minds Trilogy and was excited to see her tackle the fantasy genre. The plot was interesting, and the character's were likeable. Sadly the execution didn't live up to my expectations.
As one who doesn't normally read fantasy, the lack of background information and world building didn't so much bother me. I could accept the layout of the kingdom and got the information I needed as I needed it. I actually appreciated the lack of heavy info dumping, as this usually confuses me and is the reason why I don't read the genre that often. Yet the largest flaw, and maybe the only flaw for me was that the narration didn't feel complete. The story felt more like a creative writing project then a novel. There were so many, seemingly random, time jumps that I found myself asking "How did they get there" or "When did that happen?". It made it increasingly hard to follow the plot and difficult to sink into.
Thankfully as time has gone on Bracken's writing has greatly improved and I'm very excited for new upcoming work.
Brightly Woven is a story about Sydelle and her mysterious wizard not friend North. Together they go on a prolonged camping trip in order to save the nation from certain destruction. Probably a lot more happens but I gave up part way through the book.
I'm very disappointed in this book because I really wanted to like it. I loved Bracken's Darkest Minds Trilogy and was excited to see her tackle the fantasy genre. The plot was interesting, and the character's were likeable. Sadly the execution didn't live up to my expectations.
As one who doesn't normally read fantasy, the lack of background information and world building didn't so much bother me. I could accept the layout of the kingdom and got the information I needed as I needed it. I actually appreciated the lack of heavy info dumping, as this usually confuses me and is the reason why I don't read the genre that often. Yet the largest flaw, and maybe the only flaw for me was that the narration didn't feel complete. The story felt more like a creative writing project then a novel. There were so many, seemingly random, time jumps that I found myself asking "How did they get there" or "When did that happen?". It made it increasingly hard to follow the plot and difficult to sink into.
Thankfully as time has gone on Bracken's writing has greatly improved and I'm very excited for new upcoming work.