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A review by argyledinosaur
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
3.0
I was gifted a galley of this book by Firsttoread.com for reviewing.
Okay, I didn't technically finish the book completely. I skipped whole chapters to try to finish it quickly, and most of the characters bored me, so I just skipped the chapters that centered around them, so I don't have the full story.
It's not a bad story, but there are things about it that are unattractive me. I do not like books with multiple perspectives, and this book follows like, 5 different perspectives or something. The story is simple enough that I wasn't getting perspectives confused, I just feel that it was unnecessary and it made the book seem more bloated.
I did enjoy the first section I read, which was to page 100-something, but I noticed I kept putting it down and not wanting to pick it up, which is when I started skipping chapters. It's an interesting enough story, following a psychic family, and it was very well written, but I don't think now was the right time for me to read it. I don't think I was in the mood for it, and I don't finish books that I'm not invested in or that I'm not in the mood for, because I know from experience that reading a book that I'm not in the mood for wil make me resent the book.
Having said that, I did genuinely enjoy the quarter of it I did read fully, and I will be more than happy to give this book another chance when I'm in the mood for it, which is why I'm rating it 3 stars.
Okay, I didn't technically finish the book completely. I skipped whole chapters to try to finish it quickly, and most of the characters bored me, so I just skipped the chapters that centered around them, so I don't have the full story.
It's not a bad story, but there are things about it that are unattractive me. I do not like books with multiple perspectives, and this book follows like, 5 different perspectives or something. The story is simple enough that I wasn't getting perspectives confused, I just feel that it was unnecessary and it made the book seem more bloated.
I did enjoy the first section I read, which was to page 100-something, but I noticed I kept putting it down and not wanting to pick it up, which is when I started skipping chapters. It's an interesting enough story, following a psychic family, and it was very well written, but I don't think now was the right time for me to read it. I don't think I was in the mood for it, and I don't finish books that I'm not invested in or that I'm not in the mood for, because I know from experience that reading a book that I'm not in the mood for wil make me resent the book.
Having said that, I did genuinely enjoy the quarter of it I did read fully, and I will be more than happy to give this book another chance when I'm in the mood for it, which is why I'm rating it 3 stars.