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A review by holly_tree
Invisible by Dawn Metcalf
4.0
First off, I'm a fan of this series. Really, I am! But there is a ton of things that I really didn't enjoy. This installment was certainly easier to follow than Book 1, but it still wasn't the smoothest flowing book.
So I'll first share my thoughts on WHAT WENT WRONG:
1. Slow, lingering scenes for pages, and pages, and pages, and...
2. Again, confusing in reasonings for actions/beliefs of Folk.
3. The romance between Ink and Joy struck a creepy chord with me in this book, despite finding it sweet in Book 1. Joy just keeps repeating that everything Ink does, touches and moves and such, he's learned from others, i.e. HER. He's using her own moves on her. There is no evidence that he acts on any impulses, tries new things, ventures out of the box... It feels robotic to me, you know? He doesn't seem to have any passion to drive him when it comes to romance. (Also, as I pointed out earlier in my live-reading thoughts: did Ink allude that he and Joy needed to stop kissing because he hadn't drawn himself a penis yet?? First off-- that's crossing the line of acceptability, Ms. Metcalf. Second, since when did Ink learn to associate desire and romance to sex? Did the Cabana Boys have a sit-down with him and explain the birds and the bees? Cause that's actually adorable now that I think about it. But honestly. I don't think that particularly bit needed to make it into the book. Let him draw his nether regions in peace, and let us live blissfully unaware of how he got that way.)
4. Questions went unanswered... (I don't even remember what they were...)
5. Did I mention that it was hard to follow at times? Yeah, okay.
6. Where was Ink doing his thing, marking people? Not once did Joy accompany him to mark someone. That whole plot element was erased in this book, and it was one of the things I loved about the first book. I loved all the different Folk we met and their descriptions and learning the reasons why they would be marked... I really, really missed the creativity of those things. The book definitely suffered for the loss of those characters and situations.
But that's the thing: I still really like this series. I had absolutely NO CLUE what was happening for most of the first book, but it was so creative and fresh and new, that I just HAD to finish it. It's what made me stick with this one in particularly long scenes in this book. I like the idea. I like the premise. The characters are an awesome mish-mash of off beat people and Folk and I love them. I don't understand it. I don't understand the overall plot. I don't get why a lot of it is important. But for once, I really don't care.
I just like it.
So I'll first share my thoughts on WHAT WENT WRONG:
1. Slow, lingering scenes for pages, and pages, and pages, and...
2. Again, confusing in reasonings for actions/beliefs of Folk.
3. The romance between Ink and Joy struck a creepy chord with me in this book, despite finding it sweet in Book 1. Joy just keeps repeating that everything Ink does, touches and moves and such, he's learned from others, i.e. HER. He's using her own moves on her. There is no evidence that he acts on any impulses, tries new things, ventures out of the box... It feels robotic to me, you know? He doesn't seem to have any passion to drive him when it comes to romance. (Also, as I pointed out earlier in my live-reading thoughts: did Ink allude that he and Joy needed to stop kissing because he hadn't drawn himself a penis yet?? First off-- that's crossing the line of acceptability, Ms. Metcalf. Second, since when did Ink learn to associate desire and romance to sex? Did the Cabana Boys have a sit-down with him and explain the birds and the bees? Cause that's actually adorable now that I think about it. But honestly. I don't think that particularly bit needed to make it into the book. Let him draw his nether regions in peace, and let us live blissfully unaware of how he got that way.)
4. Questions went unanswered... (I don't even remember what they were...)
5. Did I mention that it was hard to follow at times? Yeah, okay.
6. Where was Ink doing his thing, marking people? Not once did Joy accompany him to mark someone. That whole plot element was erased in this book, and it was one of the things I loved about the first book. I loved all the different Folk we met and their descriptions and learning the reasons why they would be marked... I really, really missed the creativity of those things. The book definitely suffered for the loss of those characters and situations.
But that's the thing: I still really like this series. I had absolutely NO CLUE what was happening for most of the first book, but it was so creative and fresh and new, that I just HAD to finish it. It's what made me stick with this one in particularly long scenes in this book. I like the idea. I like the premise. The characters are an awesome mish-mash of off beat people and Folk and I love them. I don't understand it. I don't understand the overall plot. I don't get why a lot of it is important. But for once, I really don't care.
I just like it.