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misskeesa 's review for:
A Beautiful Blue Death
by Charles Finch
Unfortunately, I was disappointed in this book. The plot was quite good, but the writing was dull, tedious, and rather repetitious. It confused the old adage of "Show, don't tell" with "Show AND tell," which made for long, drawn out pages of fluff.
I also felt that the main characters were too perfect. Lenox, Lady Jane, even Graham, felt like cardboard cutouts...or like fanfiction.
And, final complaint - slight spoiler alert!!! - after the main plot is wrapped up, we learn about a small subplot. Lenox decides to wrap up this subplot, but instead we spend several chapters (maybe only 2 or 3, but it felt like several) at his brother's home, eating food, chatting about nothing, talking about people from the village the reader has never been introduced to and frankly doesn't care about, and riding off into the sunset with Lady Jane. And the second subplot is never mentioned again!
I also felt that the main characters were too perfect. Lenox, Lady Jane, even Graham, felt like cardboard cutouts...or like fanfiction.
And, final complaint - slight spoiler alert!!! - after the main plot is wrapped up, we learn about a small subplot. Lenox decides to wrap up this subplot, but instead we spend several chapters (maybe only 2 or 3, but it felt like several) at his brother's home, eating food, chatting about nothing, talking about people from the village the reader has never been introduced to and frankly doesn't care about, and riding off into the sunset with Lady Jane. And the second subplot is never mentioned again!