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A review by alilbitofmonica
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent
3.0
Where do I begin...
This was a highly anticipated read as the next installment in a series that I love, but to say I'm disappointed is as painful to admit as it was to actually struggle through this book. I read physically AND listened with audio and still struggled.
I am a visual reader, but my mental tv was out of commission, broken and unplugged, totally nonfunctioning in this book. I couldn't imagine a single thing that was happening, and this meant that I barely held onto my understanding of the world-building and setting. The plot itself was interesting, I liked the overall mission of the storyline, the characters, even the overarching setting. I like how this continues from the previous books, building upon what we know happened and exploring new characters - it's Mische, and I always wanted more of Mische. Plus ASAR?? Give me mooooore. BUT I could not tell you how they accomplished anything or what the levels of Mothryn were like, because none of it made sense in my head.
There was a lot of "falling" and "fading into oblivion" and "disappearing into darkness" or other things that basically mean the same. FALLING WHERE? (I picture them literally falling off of cliffs at almost every chapter break lol)
I swear my brain was trying so hard to picture the events of this book but I really was just existing and letting the book happen. At one scene there was "imaginary water" and its at this point that I knew there was no hope at actually understanding. Because in the underworld, there are no rules.
This was a highly anticipated read as the next installment in a series that I love, but to say I'm disappointed is as painful to admit as it was to actually struggle through this book. I read physically AND listened with audio and still struggled.
I am a visual reader, but my mental tv was out of commission, broken and unplugged, totally nonfunctioning in this book. I couldn't imagine a single thing that was happening, and this meant that I barely held onto my understanding of the world-building and setting. The plot itself was interesting, I liked the overall mission of the storyline, the characters, even the overarching setting. I like how this continues from the previous books, building upon what we know happened and exploring new characters - it's Mische, and I always wanted more of Mische. Plus ASAR?? Give me mooooore. BUT I could not tell you how they accomplished anything or what the levels of Mothryn were like, because none of it made sense in my head.
There was a lot of "falling" and "fading into oblivion" and "disappearing into darkness" or other things that basically mean the same. FALLING WHERE? (I picture them literally falling off of cliffs at almost every chapter break lol)
I swear my brain was trying so hard to picture the events of this book but I really was just existing and letting the book happen. At one scene there was "imaginary water" and its at this point that I knew there was no hope at actually understanding. Because in the underworld, there are no rules.