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A review by ameserole
Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang
3.0
I'm pretty sure I had high expectations for Opium and Absinthe before diving into it. Once I did, it started off okay - a bit slow - but I still had hope that it would pick up and be amazing. Just like the cover looks. Unfortunately, the cover is amazing but the book sort of fell flat for me.
Some parts were pretty enjoyable and others felt a bit repetitive. Plus Tillie was way to easy to give drugs to. I get that she was addicted due to an awful injury but she just took whatever from whoever without questions. It also didn't help that certain people around her were quite manipulative as well.
Then the whole mystery of who was the murderer wasn't a complete shock either. If you know where to look for the clues, it's pretty easy to spot who did it and why. I also didn't like any of the characters throughout this. Main or side. There was just always something about them that would annoy or frustrate me. Easy to manipulate or just a pain self-absorbed cheating asshole. You name it - it probably annoyed me.
In the end, it was an okay book. Interesting in some parts but okay in others.
Some parts were pretty enjoyable and others felt a bit repetitive. Plus Tillie was way to easy to give drugs to. I get that she was addicted due to an awful injury but she just took whatever from whoever without questions. It also didn't help that certain people around her were quite manipulative as well.
Then the whole mystery of who was the murderer wasn't a complete shock either. If you know where to look for the clues, it's pretty easy to spot who did it and why. I also didn't like any of the characters throughout this. Main or side. There was just always something about them that would annoy or frustrate me. Easy to manipulate or just a pain self-absorbed cheating asshole. You name it - it probably annoyed me.
In the end, it was an okay book. Interesting in some parts but okay in others.