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A review by dragonofbooks
The Paris Hours by Alex George
1.0
Writing was decent and I didn't mind the multiple povs, but the pacing, ending, and structure of the book didn't work for me. Especially the ending! It wasn't resolved well and everyone suedo- meeting at the end felt coincidental at best (Spoilers below). The structure and pacing made the book more boring and drawn out than necessary, while the story was also not deep enough for me to really care about the characters because it's 3 chapters before they really show up again until the end of the book (when we get multiple povs in the same chapter, instead of 1 per chapter). I got bored enough that I ended up skipping a good part of the book without feeling like I didn't miss out on anything.
Everyone went thru a fire at the end at the same place and 3 out of the 4 characters went, basically, on their merry way with them being either a) facing the same problem at the beginning 2) thinking they're slightly better off (when they're not) or 3) slightly worse off at the end. The other one had it significantly worse off without a good reason or much of an effort to get out of the fire before it got as bad as it did.
Everyone went thru a fire at the end at the same place and 3 out of the 4 characters went, basically, on their merry way with them being either a) facing the same problem at the beginning 2) thinking they're slightly better off (when they're not) or 3) slightly worse off at the end. The other one had it significantly worse off without a good reason or much of an effort to get out of the fire before it got as bad as it did.