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A review by montigneyrules
The Dream Runners by Shveta Thakrar
1.0
#readingchallenge2023 (my book feat.mythology)
Initially drawn to the potential of the novel, I was looking forward to the world building & premises proposed for the plotline, but the execution never really went anywhere.
Woes:
-chosen as a novel feat a mythological background, I didn’t really get much on Hindu mythology
-inconsistent pacing; the book progressed extremely slow, with long-winded descriptions, where nothing much happened for the first two thirds, then the last third of the book rushed so much together- with twists & character relationships that hadn’t been culminated.
-the main character wasn’t likeable. I felt she was too repetitive, the bracelets over and over felt force-fed to the reader, focusing on one motivation while leaving the rest of the overall narrative underdeveloped.
-unnecessarily complex world- a lot was confusing, unexplained. ‘twists’ were attempted, but I didn’t really understand the ‘aha’ moment because I was struggling in the what is just baseline going on of it all
not a strong novel
Initially drawn to the potential of the novel, I was looking forward to the world building & premises proposed for the plotline, but the execution never really went anywhere.
Woes:
-chosen as a novel feat a mythological background, I didn’t really get much on Hindu mythology
-inconsistent pacing; the book progressed extremely slow, with long-winded descriptions, where nothing much happened for the first two thirds, then the last third of the book rushed so much together- with twists & character relationships that hadn’t been culminated.
-the main character wasn’t likeable. I felt she was too repetitive, the bracelets over and over felt force-fed to the reader, focusing on one motivation while leaving the rest of the overall narrative underdeveloped.
-unnecessarily complex world- a lot was confusing, unexplained. ‘twists’ were attempted, but I didn’t really understand the ‘aha’ moment because I was struggling in the what is just baseline going on of it all
not a strong novel