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A review by supernovaa
The Legend of Lilith by Hillary Oliver
Did not finish book.
The legend of Lilith
*DNF at 21%*
long story short: I didn’t like this book. Maybe it’s because I’m not the target audience or I don’t like the chosen one trope, but something about this book made me not like it.
First things first, the writing. It was…uncomfortable, some sentences and phrases that were said made me take a step back and stop reading for a bit. An example of one of these sentences being, “Lilith hadn’t deigned to notify her master of the arrival of her moon cycle.” Master?? That was another phrase used that made me wildly uncomfortable.
I didn’t feel drawn to the characters, nor did I feel for any of them. To me, their personalities were kind of bland. All of Liliths conversations with Arduen were so formal, and a kind of a pain to read. In almost every conversation, there would be some sort of lecture from Arduen. Lilith was also an “Oh no I got this sudden power, now i must train but why me? why am I the chosen one” type of MC and those main characters are a struggle to read about.
The plot seemed very interesting, but too many factors played into me not liking it, and ultimately my decision to DNF it.
*DNF at 21%*
long story short: I didn’t like this book. Maybe it’s because I’m not the target audience or I don’t like the chosen one trope, but something about this book made me not like it.
First things first, the writing. It was…uncomfortable, some sentences and phrases that were said made me take a step back and stop reading for a bit. An example of one of these sentences being, “Lilith hadn’t deigned to notify her master of the arrival of her moon cycle.” Master?? That was another phrase used that made me wildly uncomfortable.
I didn’t feel drawn to the characters, nor did I feel for any of them. To me, their personalities were kind of bland. All of Liliths conversations with Arduen were so formal, and a kind of a pain to read. In almost every conversation, there would be some sort of lecture from Arduen. Lilith was also an “Oh no I got this sudden power, now i must train but why me? why am I the chosen one” type of MC and those main characters are a struggle to read about.
The plot seemed very interesting, but too many factors played into me not liking it, and ultimately my decision to DNF it.