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A review by thepaige_turner
Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi
2.0
That being said, I absolutely can not stand the story of Alice in Wonderland (something about it REALLY creeps me out, and always has) and it slightly pains me to even bring up the Inkheart trilogy because I hold that series so near and dear to me.
That's me holding Inkheart. Not Furthermore.
So let's just get it all out in the open. I didn't like Furthermore. I thought the plot was...fine, nothing extremely original, and the characters talked like they were either really prim British people, or were way too old for their ages. The writing was so pretentious that at times I skipped over paragraphs full of descriptions because I really didn't need to know the exact color and shape of ever flower that our main character, Alice, was seeing.
That being said, I do think that the magic idea of the plot and how it was implemented was pretty cool. Though the whole thing felt a bit rushed and I was constantly caught in this whirlwind, wondering what the hell was actually going on. Maybe I'm just getting too old for children stories (that's a depressing thought)?
I had to read the ending twice to make sure I got what had happened because it was all resolved in about ten pages. TEN PAGES for a 400 page book. So while we are left with pages and pages of descriptions, there was also an extremely rushed ending that had me putting down the book and realizing I probably won't pick it up ever again.
It does have a gorgeous cover though. I will give the publishers credit for that.
And I do have to admit that this is my first Mafi book that I've ever read, but that just makes me even more hesitant to try her Shatter Me series if the writing is going to be similar. And not in a good way.
What do you think? Are you still going to try this one? Have you already read it? Tell me your thoughts!
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