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faerunbookwyrm 's review for:
A Feather So Black
by Lyra Selene
DID NOT FINISH: 26%
Just could not get on with the writing style. Very purple prose. And whilst I’m not opposed to this style of writing I very much felt like in this case descriptions took the place of depth. Depth of character was attempted through multiple random flashbacks but they just felt flat and tacked on without real meaning. Plus they broke the flow of the story, so you’d be in a scene and then the flashback would interrupt it and take you out of it for no real good reason.
Also talking about interrupting the flow: I’m going to be honest the sheer amount of Irish words harmed the story. I appreciate including some, especially as this story draws heavily from Irish folklore, but there was just too many. The glosssary helped but I found myself having to fairly often check it to remind myself a) what a word meant and (b) how to pronounce it. And that just took me out of the story so much I found it hard to connect back to what was going on.
Gave up at 1/4 of the way through. Which is a shame cos the plot seemed interesting, but I just don’t care enough about the characters to see where it takes them.
Also talking about interrupting the flow: I’m going to be honest the sheer amount of Irish words harmed the story. I appreciate including some, especially as this story draws heavily from Irish folklore, but there was just too many. The glosssary helped but I found myself having to fairly often check it to remind myself a) what a word meant and (b) how to pronounce it. And that just took me out of the story so much I found it hard to connect back to what was going on.
Gave up at 1/4 of the way through. Which is a shame cos the plot seemed interesting, but I just don’t care enough about the characters to see where it takes them.