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A review by elderlingfool
Cloven Hooves by Megan Lindholm
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
If you read the Farseer trilogy and thought Fitz was frustrating, you haven't seen anything yet. The main character of this book is the most frustrating one I ever encountered in any piece of media. Every time she excused the abuse of her husband or tried to make amends or ignore the abuse of her husband's family towards her I wanted to scream at her to leave already (what she keeps thinking about doing by the way). Initially, this book was fine, but it gets so repetitive that it feels much longer than it is. I am not saying that the way Evelyn acted wasn't realistic but it was extremely frustrating to read about the same thing over and over again.
This is a story about a woman named Evelyn that goes to spend some time at her husband's family farm together with her small son and her husband. It is also about her friendship with a faun she met as a kid and that she is unsure if he's real or something she imagined.
The parts with the family of Evelyn's husband look like an horror movie and the parts with the faun look like an erotic romance novel. The family's interactions with Evelyn got increasingly worse and it was infuriating to read, especially because Evelyn refused to do what she kept thinking about doing the entire time since she is very aware about how their treat her. Her husband's treatment of her, however, comes as a shock to her. I am pretty sure his parents are also verbally abusive towards him but he keeps defending them instead of his wife and kid (like a coward).
This is an incredibly frustrating book to read, but at least it made me feel something even if that something was anger. By the end I was hating the entire thing. Even if Evelyn got some victories, even if it was the intention of the author that the reader felt upset about what was happening, I still hated it. Since my ratings are more emotional that rational that is all I can say.
This is a story about a woman named Evelyn that goes to spend some time at her husband's family farm together with her small son and her husband. It is also about her friendship with a faun she met as a kid and that she is unsure if he's real or something she imagined.
The parts with the family of Evelyn's husband look like an horror movie and the parts with the faun look like an erotic romance novel. The family's interactions with Evelyn got increasingly worse and it was infuriating to read, especially because Evelyn refused to do what she kept thinking about doing the entire time since she is very aware about how their treat her. Her husband's treatment of her, however, comes as a shock to her. I am pretty sure his parents are also verbally abusive towards him but he keeps defending them instead of his wife and kid (like a coward).
This is an incredibly frustrating book to read, but at least it made me feel something even if that something was anger. By the end I was hating the entire thing. Even if Evelyn got some victories, even if it was the intention of the author that the reader felt upset about what was happening, I still hated it. Since my ratings are more emotional that rational that is all I can say.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Child death