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Discount Armageddon
by Seanan McGuire
3.5 stars.
I was really torn about this book. First, the bad:
At first, the fashion seemed almost cringy in how edgy and try-hard it tried to be. It almost felt like Suckerpunch, the movie, though I really enjoyed Suckerpunch when I watched it (looking back, maybe that movie is what got this series recommended to me. Hmm). The narrative too, seemed to scream "look how cool and badass I am" in a mildly cringy way.
The romance between Verity and Dominic was cliche at best. Like, super cliche. And I really couldn't see any good points about Dominic that made Verity loose her mind over him like she did, except for the fact that he was, apparently, super hot. Newsflash, being crazy good looking does not make up for also having a gross sense of racial superiority.
I did not love the quotes at the beginning of every chapter, nor did I love the bold-italic description of where they were, ESPECIALLY when the very first sentence of the actual chapter usually established that just fine.
But, the more I read, the more the story grew on me. There was a ton of neat little world building seeds dropped in the narrative that promises some interesting stories later on in the series (and, apparently, in the short stories which I guess I need to read now even though there's approximately a billion of them, apparently. But I had to admit, I was very intrigued by Verity's great-great-grandparents and her grandparents).
Among the sometimes cringey narrative, there were a lot of really great lines, among them being "Mother Nature is a freaky lady who probably created pot so she could spend all her time smoking it", and the multiple references to wearing lungs as hats.
Dominic really did grow on my by the end of the book too.
Overall, good job. I'll definitely be reading more of the series.
I was really torn about this book. First, the bad:
At first, the fashion seemed almost cringy in how edgy and try-hard it tried to be. It almost felt like Suckerpunch, the movie, though I really enjoyed Suckerpunch when I watched it (looking back, maybe that movie is what got this series recommended to me. Hmm). The narrative too, seemed to scream "look how cool and badass I am" in a mildly cringy way.
The romance between Verity and Dominic was cliche at best. Like, super cliche. And I really couldn't see any good points about Dominic that made Verity loose her mind over him like she did, except for the fact that he was, apparently, super hot. Newsflash, being crazy good looking does not make up for also having a gross sense of racial superiority.
I did not love the quotes at the beginning of every chapter, nor did I love the bold-italic description of where they were, ESPECIALLY when the very first sentence of the actual chapter usually established that just fine.
But, the more I read, the more the story grew on me. There was a ton of neat little world building seeds dropped in the narrative that promises some interesting stories later on in the series (and, apparently, in the short stories which I guess I need to read now even though there's approximately a billion of them, apparently. But I had to admit, I was very intrigued by Verity's great-great-grandparents and her grandparents).
Among the sometimes cringey narrative, there were a lot of really great lines, among them being "Mother Nature is a freaky lady who probably created pot so she could spend all her time smoking it", and the multiple references to wearing lungs as hats.
Dominic really did grow on my by the end of the book too.
Overall, good job. I'll definitely be reading more of the series.