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A review by katies_bookish_adventure
The Trials of Lila Dalton by L.J. Shepherd
1.0
Thank you to Netgallery and Poisoned Pen Press for an early release copy of The Trials of Lila Dalton by L.J Shepard, this book will be available for purchase on August twenty-seventh of 2024.
The trails of Lilia dalton was a dnf for me, I pushed through to page 198 (65%) in hopes to be able to give a fair review for dnfing the arc. I want to say I didn’t realize that the setting was in 1996, I was expecting a more modern day setting. These older court room terms/court room talk is honest just confusing me rather then explaining to me what is really happening.
I wasn’t aware going into this book that there was going to be a lot of talk about politics and religion which are two subjects I just don’t find interest in reading. Both of these topics are discussed heavily in this book and it really draws me away from the mystery of Lila trying to get her memory back/her just trying to figure things out in general. There are also some sexist comments from the men towards the main character, it just makes it hard for me to like any of these characters in here at all. Lila herself even makes a comment or two about the way women dress.
I really wanted to try and push through with this one because there are some interesting things going on in the story but I just think the way something’s were writing could have been written a bit better then they were. The plot of Lila trying to regain her memory’s while trying to defend someone is an interesting one, I think the writing style is decent but the topics of religion and politics as well as the sexist comments really pull me away from this book.
The trails of Lilia dalton was a dnf for me, I pushed through to page 198 (65%) in hopes to be able to give a fair review for dnfing the arc. I want to say I didn’t realize that the setting was in 1996, I was expecting a more modern day setting. These older court room terms/court room talk is honest just confusing me rather then explaining to me what is really happening.
I wasn’t aware going into this book that there was going to be a lot of talk about politics and religion which are two subjects I just don’t find interest in reading. Both of these topics are discussed heavily in this book and it really draws me away from the mystery of Lila trying to get her memory back/her just trying to figure things out in general. There are also some sexist comments from the men towards the main character, it just makes it hard for me to like any of these characters in here at all. Lila herself even makes a comment or two about the way women dress.
I really wanted to try and push through with this one because there are some interesting things going on in the story but I just think the way something’s were writing could have been written a bit better then they were. The plot of Lila trying to regain her memory’s while trying to defend someone is an interesting one, I think the writing style is decent but the topics of religion and politics as well as the sexist comments really pull me away from this book.