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A review by wolfyreads
Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
1.0
Rosamund Hodge, is that really you? Did you really stamp your name on this book?
It can't be the same person who Cruel Beauty...
After all, this one has no plot. The twists can all be seen coming from a couple of miles away.
And worst of all, the characters are all completely lifeless. Rachelle, Armand and Erec are all incredibly bland.
Rachelle is most unrelatable heroine I have had the misfortune to see recently. The book is one giant mope-fest courtesy of the heroine. Armand was right when he said that she just spends her time pitying herself and not taking responsibility for her actions.
But see, it gets worse, because even at the end of the book, she still hasn't come to terms with what she did.
That is a character development failure, people.
As for Armand and Erec, I had to write this review before I forgot their names. So that's that.
The writing attempts to use post-modern poetry type phrases to make it seem dark and lovely at the same time, but really just comes off dramatic:
How would you like it if I described doing the laundry like this?
In short phrases. Going nowhere.
It's really just clothes going round in a machine. But it must sound fancy.
So, it's the endless dance between the foam and the fabric, always going round, back to the beginning.
Clean, but never really clean.
The hypnotic spin of the drum beckons you, luring your hand in. And before you know it, you're calling the plumber because the pipes exploded from too much washing powder.
-_________-
Yeah, didn't think so.
I am very disappointed in this book. I can barely see the elements of the retelling, the mythology is not that great and the absolute biggest sin: I don't care what happens to the characters because they are flat. Adding insult to injury, the plot, if you can call it that, is boring.
Nopeity nope.
It can't be the same person who Cruel Beauty...
After all, this one has no plot. The twists can all be seen coming from a couple of miles away.
And worst of all, the characters are all completely lifeless. Rachelle, Armand and Erec are all incredibly bland.
Rachelle is most unrelatable heroine I have had the misfortune to see recently. The book is one giant mope-fest courtesy of the heroine. Armand was right when he said that she just spends her time pitying herself and not taking responsibility for her actions.
But see, it gets worse, because even at the end of the book, she still hasn't come to terms with what she did.
That is a character development failure, people.
As for Armand and Erec, I had to write this review before I forgot their names. So that's that.
The writing attempts to use post-modern poetry type phrases to make it seem dark and lovely at the same time, but really just comes off dramatic:
How would you like it if I described doing the laundry like this?
In short phrases. Going nowhere.
It's really just clothes going round in a machine. But it must sound fancy.
So, it's the endless dance between the foam and the fabric, always going round, back to the beginning.
Clean, but never really clean.
The hypnotic spin of the drum beckons you, luring your hand in. And before you know it, you're calling the plumber because the pipes exploded from too much washing powder.
-_________-
Yeah, didn't think so.
I am very disappointed in this book. I can barely see the elements of the retelling, the mythology is not that great and the absolute biggest sin: I don't care what happens to the characters because they are flat. Adding insult to injury, the plot, if you can call it that, is boring.
Nopeity nope.