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A review by starlitedragon
The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn by Tyler Whitesides
Did not finish book.
2.0
The plot in concept is good, but it overall is poorly written. I enjoyed the imagery provided for the setting but otherwise I found this book lacking. Several times I felt as though I was getting loaded with information that didn’t really matter much, or things that could have been explained in a better way later on without it feeling like a textbook. It felt like the end of the book was the climax, and that…isn’t the best look when the cliffhanger is where the twist is.
Not only that, but on more than one occasion something is explained, then explained again several paragraphs later as if the author doesn’t trust the reader’s intelligence. All the feminine characters in this book are written to drive the main character’s story rather than be their own people. I have issue with Quarrah specifically, considering she went from respecting the man to “I love him” with…absolutely nothing in between. It was maybe one or two chapters of her knowing Ardor, and that’s…not realistic. At all. Tanalin was just some woman for Ardor to pine over with no real character behind her.
I just…genuinely disliked it. I will not continue the series.
Not only that, but on more than one occasion something is explained, then explained again several paragraphs later as if the author doesn’t trust the reader’s intelligence. All the feminine characters in this book are written to drive the main character’s story rather than be their own people. I have issue with Quarrah specifically, considering she went from respecting the man to “I love him” with…absolutely nothing in between. It was maybe one or two chapters of her knowing Ardor, and that’s…not realistic. At all. Tanalin was just some woman for Ardor to pine over with no real character behind her.
I just…genuinely disliked it. I will not continue the series.