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A review by thewildnorry
The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
3.0
This book was not as painful to get through as the first book. Perhaps it's because I'm used to the author's cringey writing style.
I'm used to the way she tries to contextualize the book in 19th century England purely by making it overly sexist. (i.e. Ceony only wearing long skirts, deciding someone needs to get married because their cooking isn't good, etc.)
I'm used to the needless descriptions of what Ceony's wearing and how she's doing her hair.
I'm used to lines that make me want to throw up in my mouth.
* Oh, Ceony, how frightful. This is a bad bedtime story come to life!
* She would fall like a soufflé otherwise.
Or maybe this book truly is better because there are wonderful lines like :
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If I had to pin it on one thing, though, this book is so much better because there's not as much Ceony in it. I find her to be entirely insufferable. I mean, she's mindnumblingly stupid and dumb for her years. She acts like an entitled "the world is watching me and relies on me" 16 year old, not a 20 year old who had enough self-discipline to finish college in a year. She faces hardly no consequences for her actions and everyone just kind of enables her? It's frustrating.
I was glad to have less of her swooning and pondering in this book and more action and intrigue. Extra star for that.
I'm used to the way she tries to contextualize the book in 19th century England purely by making it overly sexist. (i.e. Ceony only wearing long skirts, deciding someone needs to get married because their cooking isn't good, etc.)
I'm used to the needless descriptions of what Ceony's wearing and how she's doing her hair.
I'm used to lines that make me want to throw up in my mouth.
* Oh, Ceony, how frightful. This is a bad bedtime story come to life!
* She would fall like a soufflé otherwise.
Or maybe this book truly is better because there are wonderful lines like :
* minor
Spoiler
“Grath Cobalt is in the city, and I think I’ve blown up my wallet.”* major
Spoiler
"“If you’re going to get yourself killed, you could at least kiss me first!”If I had to pin it on one thing, though, this book is so much better because there's not as much Ceony in it. I find her to be entirely insufferable. I mean, she's mindnumblingly stupid and dumb for her years. She acts like an entitled "the world is watching me and relies on me" 16 year old, not a 20 year old who had enough self-discipline to finish college in a year. She faces hardly no consequences for her actions and everyone just kind of enables her? It's frustrating.
I was glad to have less of her swooning and pondering in this book and more action and intrigue. Extra star for that.