peirce 's review for:

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

2.0

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A collection of ideas, some of them very intriguing, in a Neverland meets Wonderland meets Oz dreamscape. But it read like a rough draft — I wish the author had spent more time refining the manuscript, making the characters deeper, the motivations sharper, and both the heroes and the villains more believable. Also, the pacing was off, with twists and reveals thrown away. And the threat level was paper thin - really no need to pay attention to the man behind the curtain. My disconnection was so strong I wanted to DNF the book with less than 20 pages left.

I can see how some folks would love the ideas herein, but it didn't work for me.