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A review by magnoliabloomfield
The Princess Electric by Derek Silver
Did not finish book.
I received a copy for free to review, but I couldn’t finish it for two reasons, the first being inconsistencies early on, and especially involving villainization of the mentally ill. For instance this paragraph in chapter 1 “Within a heartbeat the two men were siphoned into the cylinder, their slender bodies narrowing and stretching even more until they disappeared. The cylinder hung in the air, folding in on itself. As Violet reached the bed the cylinder disappeared with a sparkle-flash of neon green light.”
Is contradicted a few paragraphs later with
“She crouched down and picked up the cylinder.”
Did it disappear? Apparently not.
The second instance was this bit of info:
“They weren’t high-risk patients in her sister’s wing, but those who needed assistance with the day-to-day tasks of life. Only those with brain injuries, or dementia and Alzheimer’s, or those afflicted with minor deliriums, were housed in this wing. Those with more debilitating illnesses, some of whom had violent tendencies, were in the next wing over.”
Followed later with
“Before she could contemplate just how sugar-free her birthday was going to be, heavy, distorted breathing filtered into her room from under the door. First she thought it was some perverted patient out for their late-night grope-stroll. ”
The view the MC has of the patients her sister lives with seems to change sharply and they become more dangerous than previously stated. The way mentally I’ll people were talked about rubbed me the wrong way, but I thought hey, MC’s can have flaws they need to correct through the course of a book, they can’t start out perfect. But once something “disappeared” and yet she picked it up off the floor I stopped reading.
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The Princess Electric
Derek Silver
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Excerpt From
The Princess Electric
Derek Silver
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0
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Excerpt From
The Princess Electric
Derek Silver
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0
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Excerpt From
The Princess Electric
Derek Silver
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0
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Is contradicted a few paragraphs later with
“She crouched down and picked up the cylinder.”
Did it disappear? Apparently not.
The second instance was this bit of info:
“They weren’t high-risk patients in her sister’s wing, but those who needed assistance with the day-to-day tasks of life. Only those with brain injuries, or dementia and Alzheimer’s, or those afflicted with minor deliriums, were housed in this wing. Those with more debilitating illnesses, some of whom had violent tendencies, were in the next wing over.”
Followed later with
“Before she could contemplate just how sugar-free her birthday was going to be, heavy, distorted breathing filtered into her room from under the door. First she thought it was some perverted patient out for their late-night grope-stroll. ”
The view the MC has of the patients her sister lives with seems to change sharply and they become more dangerous than previously stated. The way mentally I’ll people were talked about rubbed me the wrong way, but I thought hey, MC’s can have flaws they need to correct through the course of a book, they can’t start out perfect. But once something “disappeared” and yet she picked it up off the floor I stopped reading.
Excerpt From
The Princess Electric
Derek Silver
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0
This material may be protected by copyright.
Excerpt From
The Princess Electric
Derek Silver
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0
This material may be protected by copyright.
Excerpt From
The Princess Electric
Derek Silver
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0
This material may be protected by copyright.
Excerpt From
The Princess Electric
Derek Silver
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0
This material may be protected by copyright.