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A review by loiereads
The Devouring Gray by C.L. Herman
3.0
The Devouring Gray is a YA mystery novel that tells the tale of a group of students that have descended from founders of the town they live in. These founders were worshipped by the townspeople as gods after defeating and entrapping the monster that threatened the town in the form of a mysterious mist called “The Gray”. The monster has since been managing to take lives of people from the town and it’s down to the children of the founders to find a way to stop this from happening. Our main character, Violet moves to the town after living elsewhere for most of her life, and has to adapt to this new way of living and in the process discovers something more going on in the town...
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I became really interested in this book after seeing a gleaming review by @elliasreads and was captivated by the premise of the story. However, I felt quite disappointed with how I didn't find it as great as I thought it was going to be...
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POSITIVES:
* great premise that draws you in
* brilliant LGBTQ+ representation that's inclusive
* good range of characters
* good world building
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NEGATIVES:
* felt my interest in the book start to slip around halfway through
* didn't meet the high expectations I had for it
* feels overhyped
* felt as though there was something missing from the story
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At the end of the day, it was a great story with brilliant representation. I just wish I had connected to it a bit more nearer the end.
You can read a more detailed review of The Devouring Gray on my Wordpress blog at:
https://loiereads.wordpress.com/2021/04/19/the-devouring-gray-a-review/
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I became really interested in this book after seeing a gleaming review by @elliasreads and was captivated by the premise of the story. However, I felt quite disappointed with how I didn't find it as great as I thought it was going to be...
-
POSITIVES:
* great premise that draws you in
* brilliant LGBTQ+ representation that's inclusive
* good range of characters
* good world building
-
NEGATIVES:
* felt my interest in the book start to slip around halfway through
* didn't meet the high expectations I had for it
* feels overhyped
* felt as though there was something missing from the story
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At the end of the day, it was a great story with brilliant representation. I just wish I had connected to it a bit more nearer the end.
You can read a more detailed review of The Devouring Gray on my Wordpress blog at:
https://loiereads.wordpress.com/2021/04/19/the-devouring-gray-a-review/