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A review by arthuriana
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
3.0
This book started off great--it was amazing, in fact. Sure, I wasn't as creeped out as the reviews in here said I would at all, but it was perhaps one of the greatest starts I've ever read. It's strong and powerful and you just can't help but think wow because, honestly, that's how good the start was.
Then it started going downhill and I strangely find myself quite forgiving of that because of the ass-kicking beginning. But it only took a turn for the worse and, before I knew it, I found myself wanting to get to the end of this book as soon as possible because I honestly did not want to get stuck reading that stuff for a second longer than I have to.
The first half is fun, exciting, and fresh--it was simply amazing. Sadly, the same can't be said to the second half. The second half slowed down to the point that everything was almost at a standstill . . . and when you compare that to the first half, you'd find yourself wondering "what the everliving fuck happened?". It's the same case with [b:Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children|9460487|Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine, #1)|Ransom Riggs|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320564598s/9460487.jpg|14345371]. Unlike that book, however, this book didn't redeem itself for me. Instead, I felt like I was cheated out of a majestic, ass-kicking ending much like the beginning of this book.
Still, I like the book well enough. I could even tolerate the main character most of the time when reading it (sometimes, though, I just needed to take a good step back because, boy, he sure was right when he said that he was every psychiatrist's wet dream). Anna was okay, too, I guess. But what really surprised me was the amount of love I had for the minor characters. Carmel seriously outshone Anna for me (which is, like, WHAT?!?!?!?!) and I really liked her character. She's not your typical 'Queen Bee' type of character, that's for sure. Honestly, the cast of minor characters were so awesome that it was worth it to plod through the latter half of the book just to see more of them.
Then it started going downhill and I strangely find myself quite forgiving of that because of the ass-kicking beginning. But it only took a turn for the worse and, before I knew it, I found myself wanting to get to the end of this book as soon as possible because I honestly did not want to get stuck reading that stuff for a second longer than I have to.
The first half is fun, exciting, and fresh--it was simply amazing. Sadly, the same can't be said to the second half. The second half slowed down to the point that everything was almost at a standstill . . . and when you compare that to the first half, you'd find yourself wondering "what the everliving fuck happened?". It's the same case with [b:Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children|9460487|Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine, #1)|Ransom Riggs|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320564598s/9460487.jpg|14345371]. Unlike that book, however, this book didn't redeem itself for me. Instead, I felt like I was cheated out of a majestic, ass-kicking ending much like the beginning of this book.
Still, I like the book well enough. I could even tolerate the main character most of the time when reading it (sometimes, though, I just needed to take a good step back because, boy, he sure was right when he said that he was every psychiatrist's wet dream). Anna was okay, too, I guess. But what really surprised me was the amount of love I had for the minor characters. Carmel seriously outshone Anna for me (which is, like, WHAT?!?!?!?!) and I really liked her character. She's not your typical 'Queen Bee' type of character, that's for sure. Honestly, the cast of minor characters were so awesome that it was worth it to plod through the latter half of the book just to see more of them.