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dmeiners 's review for:
The Gods Time Forgot
by Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I wanted to love this so much. Irish Mythology set in the Gilded Age? I was sold. There were threads of interesting ideas, but unfortunately they never came together. This novel lacked any sort of nuance, leading events to become incredibly repetitive. I also found the dialogue unbelievable at times, turning characters into more caricatures than anything else.
The high society politics, which took up a bulk of the plot, had no real stakes. They started out hating her and kept hating her with no real threat of her not having more opportunities to be hated. They were mean, she lashed out, they were mean, etc.
The gods plot never really took off in a satisfying way. I wanted to root for the romance, but again the reasons to stay apart were extremely repetitive that by the end I didn’t care.
I do appreciate the nods to Irish mythology and the cover is stunning. I wish I had liked this more than I did.
Thank you to NetGalley and Alcove Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The high society politics, which took up a bulk of the plot, had no real stakes. They started out hating her and kept hating her with no real threat of her not having more opportunities to be hated. They were mean, she lashed out, they were mean, etc.
The gods plot never really took off in a satisfying way. I wanted to root for the romance, but again the reasons to stay apart were extremely repetitive that by the end I didn’t care.
I do appreciate the nods to Irish mythology and the cover is stunning. I wish I had liked this more than I did.
Thank you to NetGalley and Alcove Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Violence