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A review by mickachoo
Ruined by Amy Tintera
4.0
3.5
I was excited going into this book, with kind of high expectations. While I wasn't exactly disappointed, I was a little let down with how . . . lack luster this book was. It wasn't bad, just not great.
There's a whole lot of cliche, which I'm not opposed to. I'm a lover of cliches. But if you're going to write a cliche, you need a lot of foundation to support it. Such as well written characters, a good plot-line, good story and character development. This book left some to be desired in some of those departments.
While the characters weren't just downright awful, the development was a little rocky. We're immediately thrown into the story without any backstory and it is kind of difficult to grasp what all's going on and then you're meeting every character in the span of a few pages, so they feel a little hollow. They don't seem special, individual in any way. They're just playing the part, they don't have a past or hopes and dreams and their emotions seem really insincere.
There's also some insta-love. It wasn't too bad though. They kind of pace backwards later in the book. And because of this lack of character depth, I was inclined to not continue with this trilogy at all.
Thankfully, it got better. This is why I finish books instead of DNF-ing them immediately.
The characters really started to become a person and seem real after about halfway through the book. The plot started to fill out and you started to really get invested in the book. I still wasn't exactly impressed but I was entertained.
There's a lot to be desired here but I'm going to continue with the trilogy because there was definitely promising development (both of the characters and the writing) and I really want to know what's happening next. I have high hopes for the writing and overall story to get better, so here's hoping I won't be disappointed.
I was excited going into this book, with kind of high expectations. While I wasn't exactly disappointed, I was a little let down with how . . . lack luster this book was. It wasn't bad, just not great.
There's a whole lot of cliche, which I'm not opposed to. I'm a lover of cliches. But if you're going to write a cliche, you need a lot of foundation to support it. Such as well written characters, a good plot-line, good story and character development. This book left some to be desired in some of those departments.
While the characters weren't just downright awful, the development was a little rocky. We're immediately thrown into the story without any backstory and it is kind of difficult to grasp what all's going on and then you're meeting every character in the span of a few pages, so they feel a little hollow. They don't seem special, individual in any way. They're just playing the part, they don't have a past or hopes and dreams and their emotions seem really insincere.
There's also some insta-love. It wasn't too bad though. They kind of pace backwards later in the book. And because of this lack of character depth, I was inclined to not continue with this trilogy at all.
Thankfully, it got better. This is why I finish books instead of DNF-ing them immediately.
The characters really started to become a person and seem real after about halfway through the book. The plot started to fill out and you started to really get invested in the book. I still wasn't exactly impressed but I was entertained.
There's a lot to be desired here but I'm going to continue with the trilogy because there was definitely promising development (both of the characters and the writing) and I really want to know what's happening next. I have high hopes for the writing and overall story to get better, so here's hoping I won't be disappointed.