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A review by hrusewif
Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George
1.0
I couldn't finish this book- though I desperately tried to force myself to keep reading. But I got to 33% / Page 177 (Kindle) and finally had to stop.
The story had an interesting premise. And the slight twist that I did get to was sort of interesting. So I do think Silver in the Blood actually had a lot of potential as story... But it was just so poorly told.
A lot of details were left out, so it sometimes jumped in ways that didn't make a lot of sense. Other plot points were too sudden, or had little context, making them more jarring than I think they should have been. The cheesiness of some of it was off putting as well... I've also never really been a huge fan of secondary narrative sources (journals, letters, news paper clippings, etc) in storytelling, or in POV switching- and it unfortunately does both, which just serves to make the story harder to follow and stay connected with.
The story had an interesting premise. And the slight twist that I did get to was sort of interesting. So I do think Silver in the Blood actually had a lot of potential as story... But it was just so poorly told.
A lot of details were left out, so it sometimes jumped in ways that didn't make a lot of sense. Other plot points were too sudden, or had little context, making them more jarring than I think they should have been. The cheesiness of some of it was off putting as well... I've also never really been a huge fan of secondary narrative sources (journals, letters, news paper clippings, etc) in storytelling, or in POV switching- and it unfortunately does both, which just serves to make the story harder to follow and stay connected with.