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A review by booklover160
Bright Star by Erin Swan
1.0
DNF at 66%.
I will start with the good in this. The premise is interesting and captivating. The dragons have real personalities and I liked that they were integral to the story rather than used as bait for drawing readers. Uh... that might be it.
Starting off, I want to stress that this is MY opinion and I try not to let any other reviews influence it. I will say however, I do agree with the things the 1 to 2 star reviews are saying. Okay let's dive in.
If you're gong to have abuse in your story, I would rather see it, than have it implied. The implications were a bit too vague and glossed over way too much to make an impact in the way I think the author was hoping. It almost felt like there's was no point in including it if it wasn't a big deal. Her "overcoming" the abuse wasn't even shown as she went from a meek slave girl to the most powerful person ever in .02 seconds. Everything seemed to come easy to her and it negated her previous trauma.
I had a big issue with one scene in particular: While in the rebel camp, someone begins to sexually harass her and basically they got away with it. What the fuck? That makes the whole book feel contradictory up until now. She tries to overcome her trauma only to get harassed again with NO CONSEQUENCES FOR THE HARASSER. Whaaat???? I thought it would have been an excellent time to show that harassers have consequences, but nope?
I finished the book during the fight with the Kingsmen when Andra releases a powerful explosion of magic. Just before that, she kills a bunch of soldiers no problem. I found that entirely unbelievable. And then to finish it off with her being super overpowered, I just lost all interest entirely.
I would read works from this author again, as I did find her writing to be engaging, but this one was not for me.
I will start with the good in this. The premise is interesting and captivating. The dragons have real personalities and I liked that they were integral to the story rather than used as bait for drawing readers. Uh... that might be it.
Starting off, I want to stress that this is MY opinion and I try not to let any other reviews influence it. I will say however, I do agree with the things the 1 to 2 star reviews are saying. Okay let's dive in.
If you're gong to have abuse in your story, I would rather see it, than have it implied. The implications were a bit too vague and glossed over way too much to make an impact in the way I think the author was hoping. It almost felt like there's was no point in including it if it wasn't a big deal. Her "overcoming" the abuse wasn't even shown as she went from a meek slave girl to the most powerful person ever in .02 seconds. Everything seemed to come easy to her and it negated her previous trauma.
I had a big issue with one scene in particular: While in the rebel camp, someone begins to sexually harass her and basically they got away with it. What the fuck? That makes the whole book feel contradictory up until now. She tries to overcome her trauma only to get harassed again with NO CONSEQUENCES FOR THE HARASSER. Whaaat???? I thought it would have been an excellent time to show that harassers have consequences, but nope?
I finished the book during the fight with the Kingsmen when Andra releases a powerful explosion of magic. Just before that, she kills a bunch of soldiers no problem. I found that entirely unbelievable. And then to finish it off with her being super overpowered, I just lost all interest entirely.
I would read works from this author again, as I did find her writing to be engaging, but this one was not for me.