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A review by sssummer
Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
1.0
1.4 stars
I legit almost DNFed this book at 98% it was painful but hard to really why.
What I liked:
-Ally Carter always has good themes of teamwork
-I liked the Indiana Jones vibes
-I liked the history/backstory
What I didn’t like:
- The whole book. Mostly the overall tone the book takes.
-here’s an ex of what I mean:
Using a blanket statement like “people are all the same” and going on to describe how the people all got conned by a simple trick which in a way looks down upon “the masses”. ( using “people are all the same” in a dismissive sense instead of a profound sense just rubsss me the wrong way(screams superiority complex and/or insecurity)) It also seems this is supposed to be the reason we buy that the characters get away with so much instead of any actual ingenuity on their part.
So so so much telling of how “good” Katerina is as a thief but like sorry where
She tries to work the fate versus free will thing I think but it’s so half baked ( ex: With the emerald’ curse and Maggie being like her) and then she seems to come to the conclusion that we have free will almost randomly. Like it feels thrown in and is not justified by any explanation or anything that happened in the book?
Sadly this book is a diamond in the ROUGH
I honestly just wish it wasn’t so half baked because the potential is so there.
I legit almost DNFed this book at 98% it was painful but hard to really why.
What I liked:
-Ally Carter always has good themes of teamwork
-I liked the Indiana Jones vibes
-I liked the history/backstory
What I didn’t like:
- The whole book. Mostly the overall tone the book takes.
-here’s an ex of what I mean:
Using a blanket statement like “people are all the same” and going on to describe how the people all got conned by a simple trick which in a way looks down upon “the masses”. ( using “people are all the same” in a dismissive sense instead of a profound sense just rubsss me the wrong way(screams superiority complex and/or insecurity)) It also seems this is supposed to be the reason we buy that the characters get away with so much instead of any actual ingenuity on their part.
So so so much telling of how “good” Katerina is as a thief but like sorry where
She tries to work the fate versus free will thing I think but it’s so half baked ( ex: With the emerald’ curse and Maggie being like her) and then she seems to come to the conclusion that we have free will almost randomly. Like it feels thrown in and is not justified by any explanation or anything that happened in the book?
Sadly this book is a diamond in the ROUGH
I honestly just wish it wasn’t so half baked because the potential is so there.