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A review by robiok
The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
I am unspeakably disappointed
Ms Shannon is writing this story like she is still a 19 years old first time author
I am begging Bloomsbury Pub to hire a fuckin editor and to have a shred of outline drawn for this clusterfuck of a seires
The plot is inconsistent and non-cohesive, the cast AFTER 4 NOVELS AND 2 NOVELLAS is not estabilished, the wolrdbuilding is sloppy and lacks any clear aesthetic or sense of identity
The foreshadowing is, i am afraid to say, pathetically naive…i saw the second dreamwalker coming immediately. And im SHIT at predictions
Ms Shannon wears her references as well as i did with mines at 16 writing fanfiction during class hours when i was bored. Operation albion? References to bears? Honestly why did u even bother to try and be subtle just say u r gonna use the arthurian legend to try and lend some sense of profundity to this mess cause there is nothing to guess here…its so superficially done its like it was written in NEON LIGHTS
Finally: i would like to immediately and decisively dispell any delusion any english speaker may have that their language be immune from the issues of the gender binary
English does not have a neutral title to refer to women either: yall use ms and mrs too, in reference to marriage state so take a chill pill.
The betrayal of Arcturus truly was the last drop, when i knew we could not save this mess: the whole series is a ONE TRICK PONY following the formula abduction-rescue attempt-betrayal
Honestly this series has been ongoing for a decade…its time someone starts to write it like that means anything.
Ms Shannon is writing this story like she is still a 19 years old first time author
I am begging Bloomsbury Pub to hire a fuckin editor and to have a shred of outline drawn for this clusterfuck of a seires
The plot is inconsistent and non-cohesive, the cast AFTER 4 NOVELS AND 2 NOVELLAS is not estabilished, the wolrdbuilding is sloppy and lacks any clear aesthetic or sense of identity
The foreshadowing is, i am afraid to say, pathetically naive…i saw the second dreamwalker coming immediately. And im SHIT at predictions
Ms Shannon wears her references as well as i did with mines at 16 writing fanfiction during class hours when i was bored. Operation albion? References to bears? Honestly why did u even bother to try and be subtle just say u r gonna use the arthurian legend to try and lend some sense of profundity to this mess cause there is nothing to guess here…its so superficially done its like it was written in NEON LIGHTS
Finally: i would like to immediately and decisively dispell any delusion any english speaker may have that their language be immune from the issues of the gender binary
English does not have a neutral title to refer to women either: yall use ms and mrs too, in reference to marriage state so take a chill pill.
The betrayal of Arcturus truly was the last drop, when i knew we could not save this mess: the whole series is a ONE TRICK PONY following the formula abduction-rescue attempt-betrayal
Honestly this series has been ongoing for a decade…its time someone starts to write it like that means anything.