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A review by lauriereadslohf
The House that Fell from the Sky by Patrick Delaney
I'm going to regretfully DNF this book because it is simply not for me at this point in time. I'm not rating it either. My brain is far too distracted to focus on a 500 page story that isn't grabbing me and forcing it isn't helping anyone. I may return to it eventually when life calms down and I thank both the publisher and the author for generously sending me a physical ARC and I will pay it forward eventually at a Little Free Library.
My thoughts & my stumbling blocks, if you must know:
*This book started out great. A house falls from the sky! I mean, what?! How can you not want to read more?! Is it full of monsters, is it haunted, are there aliens?! I NEED TO KNOW!
*We meet the four main characters and a possible fifth (a disgraced magician). The four main people could've been interesting if their ages had been cut by a decade, their backstories cut dramatically and their dialogue improved. As written though I found myself cringing at times and the only one who interested me was the magician and he's set on the backburner which saddened me.
*I'm super nosy. I love backstories and emotional ties but I didn't feel the friendship here so reading over 250 pages of these 4 and their awkward and strained ties and endless bickering was too much for me. Communication and empathy would've gone a long way here but these 4 seemed emotionally stunted and I lost patience with all of them and that was a huge problem for me.
*What's in the house?! It's why I'm here *cries in anguish and impatience* I am too nosy for my own good and the wait is killing me!
*I kept getting confused and had to backtrack. This could be my faulty brain though, I'm not even going to pretend it was anything else. This sometimes happens when I'm forcing pages.
*Please, tell me something about the house. Throw me a scrap! Throw a monster at me. Something. Why must I be this impatient?
*This book is 500 pages and that's a real big chunkster of a book for me. When I reached past the 200+ page mark and realized I had learned next to nothing about the house despite the fact that one of the characters is supposed to be obsessed and investigating it and greedily keeping these secrets to herself (if she's found any), I felt defeated because the house was what I'm here for. I needed a few breadcrumbs to keep going but I wasn't getting them.
*WHAT'S UP WITH THE HOUSE? I'M SORRY BUT I CAN WAIT NO LONGER. I AM A FAILURE AND NOW I'LL NEVER KNOW AND IT'S ALL MY OWN FAULT!
With all that said, I quit at the halfway point which is about 200 pages more than I usually give a book because I kept wishing and hoping things would start happening but no answers were given, there were too few creeps and the character issues just seem to get more complicated and confusing and I couldn't go on when I'm sitting here with a million books and very little free time to read them all. I can't and won't speak to the rest of the book. I see many readers are giving it all the stars so if the blurb appeals and you don't mind a slow start, ignore me and check out their reviews instead.
My thoughts & my stumbling blocks, if you must know:
*This book started out great. A house falls from the sky! I mean, what?! How can you not want to read more?! Is it full of monsters, is it haunted, are there aliens?! I NEED TO KNOW!
*We meet the four main characters and a possible fifth (a disgraced magician). The four main people could've been interesting if their ages had been cut by a decade, their backstories cut dramatically and their dialogue improved. As written though I found myself cringing at times and the only one who interested me was the magician and he's set on the backburner which saddened me.
*I'm super nosy. I love backstories and emotional ties but I didn't feel the friendship here so reading over 250 pages of these 4 and their awkward and strained ties and endless bickering was too much for me. Communication and empathy would've gone a long way here but these 4 seemed emotionally stunted and I lost patience with all of them and that was a huge problem for me.
*What's in the house?! It's why I'm here *cries in anguish and impatience* I am too nosy for my own good and the wait is killing me!
*I kept getting confused and had to backtrack. This could be my faulty brain though, I'm not even going to pretend it was anything else. This sometimes happens when I'm forcing pages.
*Please, tell me something about the house. Throw me a scrap! Throw a monster at me. Something. Why must I be this impatient?
*This book is 500 pages and that's a real big chunkster of a book for me. When I reached past the 200+ page mark and realized I had learned next to nothing about the house despite the fact that one of the characters is supposed to be obsessed and investigating it and greedily keeping these secrets to herself (if she's found any), I felt defeated because the house was what I'm here for. I needed a few breadcrumbs to keep going but I wasn't getting them.
*WHAT'S UP WITH THE HOUSE? I'M SORRY BUT I CAN WAIT NO LONGER. I AM A FAILURE AND NOW I'LL NEVER KNOW AND IT'S ALL MY OWN FAULT!
With all that said, I quit at the halfway point which is about 200 pages more than I usually give a book because I kept wishing and hoping things would start happening but no answers were given, there were too few creeps and the character issues just seem to get more complicated and confusing and I couldn't go on when I'm sitting here with a million books and very little free time to read them all. I can't and won't speak to the rest of the book. I see many readers are giving it all the stars so if the blurb appeals and you don't mind a slow start, ignore me and check out their reviews instead.