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A review by prested
Gallant by V.E. Schwab
2.0
Olivia Prior has always longed for a family. She grew up in an orphanage with no information about her past, only a journal left by her mother. When a letter from an uncle arrives, inviting her to her ancestral home, she goes where she discovers a too quiet house with secrets.
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I'm so disappointed that I didn't fall in love with this book. I usually love Schwab's work, but this one just didn't hit the mark?
I loved the world and the concept, but it just didn't feel fully formed?
Olivia's characterization was a little wonky?
I don't get Olivia's motivations by the end of the book. In the beginning, it was clear that she wanted a home/family, to live freely and to learn her mother's history, so I didn't get why she did what she did at the end? She didn't bond with Mathew, and there just wasn't enough scenes to make it feel like a found family. I don't get why she decided to stay at the end. There just weren't enough bonding scenes to justify her decisions.
The side characters were just okay? Hannah and Edgar were one-dimensional, and I liked the idea of Mathew, but there just wasn't a lot of scenes to characterize him.
Honestly, I just got bored as I was reading. I didn't really feel the eeriness like I should.
I wish this book bounced perspectives between Olivia and her mom because I was a lot more interested in her mother than I was about what was going on with her. Or even have chapters with Mathew's POV!
I think this book was too slow, and the supernatural plot only kicked off 75% through, and I wish the antagonist was introduced earlier.
I don't know, I just wasn't feeling it.
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I'm so disappointed that I didn't fall in love with this book. I usually love Schwab's work, but this one just didn't hit the mark?
I loved the world and the concept, but it just didn't feel fully formed?
Olivia's characterization was a little wonky?
I don't get Olivia's motivations by the end of the book. In the beginning, it was clear that she wanted a home/family, to live freely and to learn her mother's history, so I didn't get why she did what she did at the end? She didn't bond with Mathew, and there just wasn't enough scenes to make it feel like a found family. I don't get why she decided to stay at the end. There just weren't enough bonding scenes to justify her decisions.
The side characters were just okay? Hannah and Edgar were one-dimensional, and I liked the idea of Mathew, but there just wasn't a lot of scenes to characterize him.
Honestly, I just got bored as I was reading. I didn't really feel the eeriness like I should.
I wish this book bounced perspectives between Olivia and her mom because I was a lot more interested in her mother than I was about what was going on with her. Or even have chapters with Mathew's POV!
I think this book was too slow, and the supernatural plot only kicked off 75% through, and I wish the antagonist was introduced earlier.
I don't know, I just wasn't feeling it.