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A review by izzalice
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
2.0
Is it me? Am I the drama?
This might be a simple case of not getting on with a genre at this point but, in my personal reading experience, I've gradually started to equate books marketed as 'cosy' to books that are just... bland.
I think that if you're writing a book with lower stakes you should at the very least give me some distinguishable characters and a well-balanced plot.
This book has such a slow first half where I wasn't really learning that much and a very rushed ending that made me go "oh that's it?". The two main characters also seemed too similar to me (maybe not helped by the audio narration) and I didn't really believe in or particularly care about the romance between them.
While you should take this review with a pinch of salt ('cosy' books and I don't have the best track record) this book was so boring to me and I'm glad it's over. I'd recommend not wasting your time with this one.
This might be a simple case of not getting on with a genre at this point but, in my personal reading experience, I've gradually started to equate books marketed as 'cosy' to books that are just... bland.
I think that if you're writing a book with lower stakes you should at the very least give me some distinguishable characters and a well-balanced plot.
This book has such a slow first half where I wasn't really learning that much and a very rushed ending that made me go "oh that's it?". The two main characters also seemed too similar to me (maybe not helped by the audio narration) and I didn't really believe in or particularly care about the romance between them.
While you should take this review with a pinch of salt ('cosy' books and I don't have the best track record) this book was so boring to me and I'm glad it's over. I'd recommend not wasting your time with this one.