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karinapplesauce 's review for:
Ink and Bone
by Lisa Unger
I’m not sure what exactly I was expecting from a book about a girl with psychic abilities who is trying to figure out her powers. I also can’t quite pinpoint where exactly I felt dissatisfied here, but I’ll give it a shot.
It’s possibly the issue I have with most mystery/thrillers with bold letters on the cover. It’s all depressing violence, which is fine, because the world can be an icky place. But genre writers always deliver it so blandly. If I were to summarize my issue with any book on my list…it’s all about that hook. I usually cannot explain why some books have it and some books don’t. I also can’t explain why a book with a 4.15 rating is a book that drove me nuts when everyone else seemed to love it (cough, [b:The Selection|10507293|The Selection (The Selection, #1)|Kiera Cass|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1322103400s/10507293.jpg|15413183]).
I just read a “thriller” book (After the Fall)…why did I like that one so much and this one was just so-so? I mean…this one has a psychic! It should be awesome!
I think where it went wrong (enjoyment-wise) for me was it wasn’t all that…humorous. The subject matter is very serious and grim (the disappearance of a girl), so it got pretty heavy for me. Not saying it wasn’t a good book, because I can see how this would be great for some people. It just seemed a little too drawn out and depressing for my taste.
I didn’t totally predict the ending. I did get suspicious that the some malignant ghost Abigail had the same name as the girl who was missing…and why would Abby/Abigail have two names in the same book? I suspected Abby might be dead in the sense that maybe the scenes with “New Penny” took place in the past, but that was wrong.
Edit: I'm wondering if it's a deflated rating because the narrator wasn't my favorite. She wasn't a deal breaker...just distracting enough that she detracted from, didn't enhance the book.
It’s possibly the issue I have with most mystery/thrillers with bold letters on the cover. It’s all depressing violence, which is fine, because the world can be an icky place. But genre writers always deliver it so blandly. If I were to summarize my issue with any book on my list…it’s all about that hook. I usually cannot explain why some books have it and some books don’t. I also can’t explain why a book with a 4.15 rating is a book that drove me nuts when everyone else seemed to love it (cough, [b:The Selection|10507293|The Selection (The Selection, #1)|Kiera Cass|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1322103400s/10507293.jpg|15413183]).
I just read a “thriller” book (After the Fall)…why did I like that one so much and this one was just so-so? I mean…this one has a psychic! It should be awesome!
I think where it went wrong (enjoyment-wise) for me was it wasn’t all that…humorous. The subject matter is very serious and grim (the disappearance of a girl), so it got pretty heavy for me. Not saying it wasn’t a good book, because I can see how this would be great for some people. It just seemed a little too drawn out and depressing for my taste.
Spoiler
Clarification on the drawn out…it felt like the climax started way too soon in the book and then slowly got around to the big finale. Maybe this would not have been such a big deal if I hadn’t been listening to the audiobook, but it felt like the pacing was off. Like, the climax felt like it was starting in the middle of the book versus the end. If anything, it just made the book feel way longer than it should have been.I didn’t totally predict the ending. I did get suspicious that the some malignant ghost Abigail had the same name as the girl who was missing…and why would Abby/Abigail have two names in the same book? I suspected Abby might be dead in the sense that maybe the scenes with “New Penny” took place in the past, but that was wrong.
Edit: I'm wondering if it's a deflated rating because the narrator wasn't my favorite. She wasn't a deal breaker...just distracting enough that she detracted from, didn't enhance the book.