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A review by apollo0325
Hide by Kiersten White
Did not finish book. Stopped at 71%.
I actively have disliked most of my experience with this book, but I think the 130+ minute chapter broke me in a way an audiobook or book has never done before.
Aside from the excessively long chapter(s), the pacing was fast but jarring and the spontaneous changing of POVs at the flip of a coin was even more jarring. Character motivations and internal monologues varied from over-explanation/exposition to Generic Character Trope #1. I disliked most of the characters except for Brandon and Legrand (?) and I found the unnecessary romantic subplot to be unnecessary. This book read very juvenile to me. If you asked me to give this an age audience, I would have said YA.
Brandon’s sacrifice was SO FUCKING STUPID. They realize that this game is NOT what they were told it is, yet they feel like the rules of that game still apply?? I may have missed a part where maybe they ran into Ian or the journal, but G O D that death was so frustrating. I stopped after that because how are you going to go in depth about how this sweet boy just wants friends and a family and people who love him for him and then KILL HIM LIKE THAT???? So fucking STUPID.
Generally speaking, I tend to give authors a second go if I didn’t like the first book I read of theirs but sorry Kiersten, it’s gonna be a no from me, dawg.
Aside from the excessively long chapter(s), the pacing was fast but jarring and the spontaneous changing of POVs at the flip of a coin was even more jarring. Character motivations and internal monologues varied from over-explanation/exposition to Generic Character Trope #1. I disliked most of the characters except for Brandon and Legrand (?) and I found the unnecessary romantic subplot to be unnecessary. This book read very juvenile to me. If you asked me to give this an age audience, I would have said YA.
Generally speaking, I tend to give authors a second go if I didn’t like the first book I read of theirs but sorry Kiersten, it’s gonna be a no from me, dawg.