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hooliaquoolia 's review for:
Silver Under Nightfall
by Rin Chupeco
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lot of things turned me off this, including but not limited to:
- main character whose only definite personality trait is being dumb. literally has no sticking characteristics besides his consistent lack of ability to figure out what's going on. maybe his country hates him not because he's supposedly a dhampir but because he simply lacks cognitive and executive function.
- fight scenes that became so nonsensical and boring that i just wound up skimming them. knifechains, scythes, swords, oh my, and yet not a single brain cell amongst their wielders.
- by the way, none of the three main characters have ever done anything wrong in their entire lives, they are such good people, anything that they've supposedly done wrong has all actually been a misunderstanding, they are actually all perfect angels who are only persecuted because of people's ignorance!!! has anyone told the author that writing characters like this actually means you're just writing incredibly boring characters?
- don't disrespect me as a reader by making a big show about emphasizing consent, then have the first sex scene between the main character and his love interests be when he is literally injured and under their vampiric thrall. and then end the book with the main character essentially being coerced into a Dom/sub relationship with said love interests.
- wait so you're telling me that the mom literally crawled out of her grave and no one noticed a literal disrupted grave site of one of the most famous murders in this country's history. ok, so is lack of cognitive function just a widespread trait for this country?
Overall, I pretty much called every "twist" in this book by the 25% mark. There were some genuinely funny moments, but they were overpowered by the moments where I was confused as to whether I was reading a novel or the tumblr post of a millennial improv comedian who desperately wants to be British. I was also astounded by the way this author was let down by any and all editors they may have employed--multiple instances where I had to re-read sentences because of the incorrect usage of a specific word, consult a dictionary to ensure I was not losing my mind, and then conclude that no, in fact, the author did not seem to understand how to use a specific word in a sentence and no editor had stepped in to correct it. Editors should be fired and author should receive compensation.
This is definitely not the worst thing you could read, but I honestly should've trusted my instincts and just given up at the halfway mark.
- main character whose only definite personality trait is being dumb. literally has no sticking characteristics besides his consistent lack of ability to figure out what's going on. maybe his country hates him not because he's supposedly a dhampir but because he simply lacks cognitive and executive function.
- fight scenes that became so nonsensical and boring that i just wound up skimming them. knifechains, scythes, swords, oh my, and yet not a single brain cell amongst their wielders.
- by the way, none of the three main characters have ever done anything wrong in their entire lives, they are such good people, anything that they've supposedly done wrong has all actually been a misunderstanding, they are actually all perfect angels who are only persecuted because of people's ignorance!!! has anyone told the author that writing characters like this actually means you're just writing incredibly boring characters?
- don't disrespect me as a reader by making a big show about emphasizing consent, then have the first sex scene between the main character and his love interests be when he is literally injured and under their vampiric thrall. and then end the book with the main character essentially being coerced into a Dom/sub relationship with said love interests.
- wait so you're telling me that the mom literally crawled out of her grave and no one noticed a literal disrupted grave site of one of the most famous murders in this country's history. ok, so is lack of cognitive function just a widespread trait for this country?
Overall, I pretty much called every "twist" in this book by the 25% mark. There were some genuinely funny moments, but they were overpowered by the moments where I was confused as to whether I was reading a novel or the tumblr post of a millennial improv comedian who desperately wants to be British. I was also astounded by the way this author was let down by any and all editors they may have employed--multiple instances where I had to re-read sentences because of the incorrect usage of a specific word, consult a dictionary to ensure I was not losing my mind, and then conclude that no, in fact, the author did not seem to understand how to use a specific word in a sentence and no editor had stepped in to correct it. Editors should be fired and author should receive compensation.
This is definitely not the worst thing you could read, but I honestly should've trusted my instincts and just given up at the halfway mark.