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A review by lalavi
A Time of Dread by John Gwynne
3.0
The story itself isn't bad, the prose, however, is awful and made me want to rip my eyes out. Pointing out everything wrong with A Time of Dread would take forever so I would like to address the issue of the dreaded 4 words instead. John, please. You need to let go of your "aye's", 'heartbeats', 'paces' and the 'to hiss' verb. I was curious and ctrl-f-ed my digital copy.
Here are some stats as to how many times these words have been used.
Aye: 115
Heartbeat(s): 48
Paces: 37
The verb 'hiss': 58
And it gets worse in the following books.
Book two
Aye: 67 (someone probably told John he needs to chill the f- out with his aye's)
Heartbeat(s): 42
Paces: 67
Hiss: 75 (but amped up the hissing to compensate)
Book three
Aye: 121 (oh no!)
Heartbeat(s): 63
Paces: 77
Hiss: 101 (Jesus Christ)
Why??? Why does everything have to hiss? Swords, people, monsters, trees, the wind, buildings... I'm convinced John is actively trying to insert hissing as many times as possible to see how much he can get away with.
I recommend reading the first book to have an idea of your tolerance to the author's writing and then reading a summary of the last two ones if, like me, you feel the need to hiss and throw your kindle out the window.
I'm giving it 3★ because I did enjoy the plot and Drem's POV was the best in my opinion.
Here are some stats as to how many times these words have been used.
Aye: 115
Heartbeat(s): 48
Paces: 37
The verb 'hiss': 58
And it gets worse in the following books.
Book two
Aye: 67 (someone probably told John he needs to chill the f- out with his aye's)
Heartbeat(s): 42
Paces: 67
Hiss: 75 (but amped up the hissing to compensate)
Book three
Aye: 121 (oh no!)
Heartbeat(s): 63
Paces: 77
Hiss: 101 (Jesus Christ)
Why??? Why does everything have to hiss? Swords, people, monsters, trees, the wind, buildings... I'm convinced John is actively trying to insert hissing as many times as possible to see how much he can get away with.
I recommend reading the first book to have an idea of your tolerance to the author's writing and then reading a summary of the last two ones if, like me, you feel the need to hiss and throw your kindle out the window.
I'm giving it 3★ because I did enjoy the plot and Drem's POV was the best in my opinion.