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A review by one_to_fifty_two
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
2.0
Let me begin this review by stating that I had honestly never heard of this book before May. I didn’t realize it had such a popular and cult following. I didnt know it had so many 4 and 5 star reviews. This book was a buddy read with some of my favorite people: @laurenreads._ , @book.club.bitches , @literarysquirrel , @literaleah , and @cleverblondebooks . I’m not exactly sure how it was the book that we selected to read but basically it got selected, I ordered it, and all of a sudden this monster 800 page book showed up on my doorstep. I immediately was intimidated. This was going to take forever. In fact, I didn’t even really read what it was about until I had the book in my possession… oops?
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After I did that, and we started the book journey that would take us 2 month or 84 years (whatever way you want to take it)to read, and I initially got kind of excited! I saw the reviews, I saw elements of LGBTQIA+, and it remind me of Game of Thrones… needless to say, I was in! I was oh so wrong. Soooooo wrong.
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I hated this book. Let me rephrase, I hate this book. It is so boring. It is 800 pages of nothingness. The plot is pointless, the characters are flat, and there is literally nothing that makes you care. I did listen and read this book at the same time, which I’m pretty sure is the only reason I made it through. Samantha Shannon writing so pretentious and obnoxious. Things would literally happen to her characters and I would just be like, “oh.. well, that sucks.”
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Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this book to someone I hate. It’s awful. Don’t read it. Seriously. It’s bad. Sorry Samantha but… no thanks. Never again. The best part was reading it with my girls. They, on the other hand, are 5 stars!
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After I did that, and we started the book journey that would take us 2 month or 84 years (whatever way you want to take it)to read, and I initially got kind of excited! I saw the reviews, I saw elements of LGBTQIA+, and it remind me of Game of Thrones… needless to say, I was in! I was oh so wrong. Soooooo wrong.
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I hated this book. Let me rephrase, I hate this book. It is so boring. It is 800 pages of nothingness. The plot is pointless, the characters are flat, and there is literally nothing that makes you care. I did listen and read this book at the same time, which I’m pretty sure is the only reason I made it through. Samantha Shannon writing so pretentious and obnoxious. Things would literally happen to her characters and I would just be like, “oh.. well, that sucks.”
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Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this book to someone I hate. It’s awful. Don’t read it. Seriously. It’s bad. Sorry Samantha but… no thanks. Never again. The best part was reading it with my girls. They, on the other hand, are 5 stars!