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A review by mrsbofe
Broken Beautiful Hearts by Kami Garcia
1.0
First let me say I've been on this contemporary kick lately, and enjoy reading some lighter fiction. I will really try to avoid any spoilers, but caution.
That being said...There were so many things that annoyed me with this book. I'm not saying you can't have a good contemporary book, or that there isn't any good fiction out there, but this book annoyed me on a lot of levels. The writing was not strong throughout this book, it had it's moments, but most of the time it was choppy and tried too hard to have suspense. I didn't like the language throughout, now before you get upset saying that's how kids talk, here's my little rant, I get there is going to be language, but do we have to be ok with how young adults (or adults) talk? Can't we hope and strive through books to engage the readers enough to have them want to speak with a better vocabulary. I know it's my own pet peeve, but we should be enhancing our vocabulary not breaking it down. I'm also annoyed with the push for sex throughout and the constant push as to how "his body" looked and all...I know this is going to be unpopular, but can't we try to have some books that want to see more than meets the eye, I'm fine with the main characters being attractive, but shouldn't there be more to a relationship than sex first and then we get to know each other? I mean really? (insert eye roll here) The plot was just there for me, it wasn't something that had my attention past the first few chapters.
There were good points that I enjoyed about them, I liked Peyton and her want to be a strong character, but she had whiny and moments that she was so quick to get mad at Owen for keeping a secret, when she had her own? And I felt like her dad was used to gain more sympathy rather than a work in progress on Peyton's behalf. I liked the Uncle and her twin cousins, they were a fun addition and her mom was a strong character that was amazing as well.
It did have it's good moments, but there were too many negatives for me to enjoy this book.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC!!
That being said...There were so many things that annoyed me with this book. I'm not saying you can't have a good contemporary book, or that there isn't any good fiction out there, but this book annoyed me on a lot of levels. The writing was not strong throughout this book, it had it's moments, but most of the time it was choppy and tried too hard to have suspense. I didn't like the language throughout, now before you get upset saying that's how kids talk, here's my little rant, I get there is going to be language, but do we have to be ok with how young adults (or adults) talk? Can't we hope and strive through books to engage the readers enough to have them want to speak with a better vocabulary. I know it's my own pet peeve, but we should be enhancing our vocabulary not breaking it down. I'm also annoyed with the push for sex throughout and the constant push as to how "his body" looked and all...I know this is going to be unpopular, but can't we try to have some books that want to see more than meets the eye, I'm fine with the main characters being attractive, but shouldn't there be more to a relationship than sex first and then we get to know each other? I mean really? (insert eye roll here) The plot was just there for me, it wasn't something that had my attention past the first few chapters.
There were good points that I enjoyed about them, I liked Peyton and her want to be a strong character, but she had whiny and moments that she was so quick to get mad at Owen for keeping a secret, when she had her own? And I felt like her dad was used to gain more sympathy rather than a work in progress on Peyton's behalf. I liked the Uncle and her twin cousins, they were a fun addition and her mom was a strong character that was amazing as well.
It did have it's good moments, but there were too many negatives for me to enjoy this book.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC!!