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A review by kaleyamo
Evernight by Claudia Gray
2.0
I like the premise of this book. I'm not so much a fan of the execution.
First, there was the narration. About 40 percent of the way through the book, there is a big *revelation* about what is going on. But.... it's not really a revelation at all, because what is to come there is mentioned in the prologue of the book. So this big moment, which was set up to be climactic, was just the opposite. I had wondered all the way up to that point why the narration was talking around certain points and being elusive about things, and we never really get a resolution on why. It apparently was just out of the main character's head and therefore, out of readers'.
A lot of characters also seem very wishy-washy. I struggled with the main character. She is young, and young characters make mistakes . . . but they are also supposed to learn and grow. Bianca doesn't do any of that. Instead she makes mistakes that threaten her life, her family members' lives, her friends' lives . . . for reasons that seem reasonable to her, but do not seem reasonable to anyone else. And even though they don't seem reasonable to anyone else, the actions are still shrugged off by others like, "oh well. It's fine that you just put us all in danger." There are no repercussions for mistakes.
I like the overall story, but with so many unbelievable characters, I can't enjoy it as much as I wish I could have.
First, there was the narration. About 40 percent of the way through the book, there is a big *revelation* about what is going on. But.... it's not really a revelation at all, because what is to come there is mentioned in the prologue of the book. So this big moment, which was set up to be climactic, was just the opposite. I had wondered all the way up to that point why the narration was talking around certain points and being elusive about things, and we never really get a resolution on why. It apparently was just out of the main character's head and therefore, out of readers'.
A lot of characters also seem very wishy-washy. I struggled with the main character. She is young, and young characters make mistakes . . . but they are also supposed to learn and grow. Bianca doesn't do any of that. Instead she makes mistakes that threaten her life, her family members' lives, her friends' lives . . . for reasons that seem reasonable to her, but do not seem reasonable to anyone else. And even though they don't seem reasonable to anyone else, the actions are still shrugged off by others like, "oh well. It's fine that you just put us all in danger." There are no repercussions for mistakes.
I like the overall story, but with so many unbelievable characters, I can't enjoy it as much as I wish I could have.