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litwithleigh 's review for:
The Trials of Lila Dalton
by L.J. Shepherd
Thank you Pushkin Press for the ARC. IYKYK my reviews are ALWAYS honest.
Writing: meh | Plot: very intriguing but got a lil too crazy | Ending: I ...????
SYNOPSIS
Lila Dalton 'comes to' in a courtroom where she's supposedly defending a domestic terrorist. Can she recover her memory in time to win the case? FIND TF OUT!!!
MY OPINION
FYI this is speculative fiction so just roll with the vibes. Honestly the first 30/40% of this was giving me 4 stars on intrigue alone. This is an all plots situation; the character development is as missing a husky's ability to chill tf out. There's a lot of action and reveals throughout, which was entertaining at the beginning... But then it became like a mega-stuffed oreo situation. Like, we wanted double stuffed but now it's just gross. By the end I was tired of the new layers being heaped onto the proverbial pile of coats, and it felt like so much went unaddressed in favour of the next reveal.
I'm interested to see how the ratings for this one shake out. I think you'll either love it, or you'll immediately delete it from your Kindle. I'm tossing this a three because it's an interesting concept, and there were several 'gems' about (I can't really say because it's a spoiler). I think this was going for a [famous classic book] meets [movie adaptation of famous book] vibe but it spent too much time on [movie adaptation of famous book] before it became clear what the damn point is. Maybe I'm just 6 short of a dozen so the point skated right over this smooth ass brain, but I was surprised when the 'master plan' was revealed.
Keeping this one short 'n sweet (unlike me). If the premise speaks to you, give it a whirl. A good book club or buddy read pick.
PROS AND CONS
Pros: start was very intriguing and action-packed
Cons: a bit of an identity crisis—not sure what it wanted to be (or I'm not smart enough to cotton on), too many threads left dangling in favour of 'shocking' reveals
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Writing: meh | Plot: very intriguing but got a lil too crazy | Ending: I ...????
SYNOPSIS
Lila Dalton 'comes to' in a courtroom where she's supposedly defending a domestic terrorist. Can she recover her memory in time to win the case? FIND TF OUT!!!
MY OPINION
FYI this is speculative fiction so just roll with the vibes. Honestly the first 30/40% of this was giving me 4 stars on intrigue alone. This is an all plots situation; the character development is as missing a husky's ability to chill tf out. There's a lot of action and reveals throughout, which was entertaining at the beginning... But then it became like a mega-stuffed oreo situation. Like, we wanted double stuffed but now it's just gross. By the end I was tired of the new layers being heaped onto the proverbial pile of coats, and it felt like so much went unaddressed in favour of the next reveal.
I'm interested to see how the ratings for this one shake out. I think you'll either love it, or you'll immediately delete it from your Kindle. I'm tossing this a three because it's an interesting concept, and there were several 'gems' about (I can't really say because it's a spoiler). I think this was going for a [famous classic book] meets [movie adaptation of famous book] vibe but it spent too much time on [movie adaptation of famous book] before it became clear what the damn point is. Maybe I'm just 6 short of a dozen so the point skated right over this smooth ass brain, but I was surprised when the 'master plan' was revealed.
Keeping this one short 'n sweet (unlike me). If the premise speaks to you, give it a whirl. A good book club or buddy read pick.
PROS AND CONS
Pros: start was very intriguing and action-packed
Cons: a bit of an identity crisis—not sure what it wanted to be (or I'm not smart enough to cotton on), too many threads left dangling in favour of 'shocking' reveals
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