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A review by tullydew
Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton
1.0
I can't stand this book. It had so much potential! Seeker could have been a great fantasy novel that readers of Graceling would have adored, but instead it fell short of all my expectations.
One of the biggest problems for me was the discrepancies in the characters. One of the first sentences in the book is that Quin felt Alistair truly meant to kill her, yet a few chapters later Quin was admiring him. This is one example out of many that particularly annoyed me.
I still don't understand why the characters Shinobu and Quin were "sort of but not really" related. Why have them be cousins at all if you're going to have a weird incest love triangle. If John was from a different Seeker family why couldnt Shinobu as well? ALso, Alistair should distain for the acts Briac was making SHinobu and Quin perform, yet he still went on with it and dared to be sorry about it?
So, while everything about this book angered me I still think the plot was interesting. The characters were also interesting and the only one I really truly liked was the Young Dread or Maud. I want to say so much more, but I don't want to have spoilers.
One of the biggest problems for me was the discrepancies in the characters. One of the first sentences in the book is that Quin felt Alistair truly meant to kill her, yet a few chapters later Quin was admiring him. This is one example out of many that particularly annoyed me.
I still don't understand why the characters Shinobu and Quin were "sort of but not really" related. Why have them be cousins at all if you're going to have a weird incest love triangle. If John was from a different Seeker family why couldnt Shinobu as well? ALso, Alistair should distain for the acts Briac was making SHinobu and Quin perform, yet he still went on with it and dared to be sorry about it?
So, while everything about this book angered me I still think the plot was interesting. The characters were also interesting and the only one I really truly liked was the Young Dread or Maud. I want to say so much more, but I don't want to have spoilers.