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A review by kelamity_reads
Pog by Pádraig Kenny
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I really, really, REALLY wanted to like this book. I wanted to witness the family come to terms with their grief. I wanted to know about Pog. I wanted to learn about the first ones.
But the story was...plodding. It was slow and mostly uneventful. The story is weighted in grief, but there is no touching or uplifting conclusion.
The story is great in theory, the idea of painful memories having power. But the entire book could have been condensed into a short story a quarter the size of the original text.
Maybe my own history with grief and loss has coloured my views on the story. Perhaps others will find more meaning to it.
But the story was...plodding. It was slow and mostly uneventful. The story is weighted in grief, but there is no touching or uplifting conclusion.
The story is great in theory, the idea of painful memories having power. But the entire book could have been condensed into a short story a quarter the size of the original text.
Maybe my own history with grief and loss has coloured my views on the story. Perhaps others will find more meaning to it.