A review by readingonthefly
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Every time I paused I forgot why I wanted to listen to this book. But every time I hit play, I remembered why I wanted to listen until about 50%. I was enjoying it, but it is just unnecessarily long. Why is this 17 hours long?? I listened at 2.2x and it was still too long. It reminded me of The Walking Dead and Camp Zero mixed together. 

The first half was really interesting, I was following the descriptions and imagining what it looked like, especially it taking place in Virginia/DC!! Then we hit the halfway point and it just seemed so different. We had magical battles, extra side stuff that was just fluff and not necessary, and the loss/regaining of shadows that just totally lost me. 

It sounded really interesting and I really enjoyed the first half, but I definitely didn’t like it more than The Cartographers. Still excited to read All This and More though!