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A review by mrjesse
The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove
3.0
I know Goodreads tells you that 3 stars means 'I liked it', but when I rate things 3 stars means 'I didn't like it much.' (For me 2 stars is 'I very strongly dislike it' and 1 star is 'it should never have been written.')
I was extremely confused the entire time I was reading this. I think the world could have been explained a little better. My understanding was that life on Earth was going along normally, until something they call the Great Disruption happened, which messed up everything. (It's kind of like an alternate universe?- but there's also magic, so...)
And the magic was also difficult to grasp. I thought the maps were interesting- how the different maps show you different things, and you can put them all together and get a real sense of what the place was like.
The ending was weird, too. I felt like Blanca (the villain) just sort of came out of nowhere. And if Blanca was going to destroy the world or whatever with the Carta Mayor, why did Sophie and Theo (two kids) have to stop her? I thought they should have gotten some adults to help.
Anyway, there's my take. Maybe this is one of those books that takes a second read to actually understand. (But if I didn't enjoy it the first time, what's to make me reread it?)
I was extremely confused the entire time I was reading this. I think the world could have been explained a little better. My understanding was that life on Earth was going along normally, until something they call the Great Disruption happened, which messed up everything. (It's kind of like an alternate universe?- but there's also magic, so...)
And the magic was also difficult to grasp. I thought the maps were interesting- how the different maps show you different things, and you can put them all together and get a real sense of what the place was like.
The ending was weird, too. I felt like Blanca (the villain) just sort of came out of nowhere. And if Blanca was going to destroy the world or whatever with the Carta Mayor, why did Sophie and Theo (two kids) have to stop her? I thought they should have gotten some adults to help.
Anyway, there's my take. Maybe this is one of those books that takes a second read to actually understand. (But if I didn't enjoy it the first time, what's to make me reread it?)