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whimsywack0o 's review for:
The Betrayals
by Bridget Collins
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm very confused.
Any sense of what the politics were about eluded me aside from *just* misogyny, I guess. Also, the worldbuiding is extremely vague. It's practically nonexistent.
Really, most of what I enjoyed were the events that took place in the past far more than anything in the present day. The relationship read more believable in those chapters whereas any romance in the present lacked a lot. For the most part I didn't really care about any of the characters, not even their younger selves. With their past selves I felt more a sense of intrigue rather than care.
The disallowing of Christianity was odd, too, because a reason as to why was never established. It reminded me a lot of how Church would say non-christians are out to get those who practice faith and how they'll try to drag you out of it. As a Christian myself, it rubbed me the wrong way quite a bit. It was a very weird inclusion and ultimately, I don't think it mattered at all or added anything story-wise except for one scene near the end which took place in a POV whose chapters could have been cut from the book altogether and nothing would really change except for the villain's fate—which I will leave unspoiled.
This same villain, mind you, was lackluster and barely present throughout the entire book minus the very beginning and the last chapters. Yikes.
Honestly, I don't think a lot of what happened in this book needed to happen. I don't think it was a waste of my time, but it certainly was a VERY confusing one. Also, I've now heard certain problematic things about the author since regrettably purchasing the book years back, so I will not be reading more from them (not that I ever intended to in the first place).
Any sense of what the politics were about eluded me aside from *just* misogyny, I guess. Also, the worldbuiding is extremely vague. It's practically nonexistent.
Really, most of what I enjoyed were the events that took place in the past far more than anything in the present day. The relationship read more believable in those chapters whereas any romance in the present lacked a lot. For the most part I didn't really care about any of the characters, not even their younger selves. With their past selves I felt more a sense of intrigue rather than care.
The disallowing of Christianity was odd, too, because a reason as to why was never established. It reminded me a lot of how Church would say non-christians are out to get those who practice faith and how they'll try to drag you out of it. As a Christian myself, it rubbed me the wrong way quite a bit. It was a very weird inclusion and ultimately, I don't think it mattered at all or added anything story-wise except for one scene near the end which took place in a POV whose chapters could have been cut from the book altogether and nothing would really change except for the villain's fate—which I will leave unspoiled.
This same villain, mind you, was lackluster and barely present throughout the entire book minus the very beginning and the last chapters. Yikes.
Honestly, I don't think a lot of what happened in this book needed to happen. I don't think it was a waste of my time, but it certainly was a VERY confusing one. Also, I've now heard certain problematic things about the author since regrettably purchasing the book years back, so I will not be reading more from them (not that I ever intended to in the first place).