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A review by abbiejo
Gods & Monsters by Janie Marie
1.0
Pros:
1. There are some decent moments in the book where mental health is talked about in a way that didn’t make me want to vomit. Guidance from some of the side characters about how to support the main character when she’s going through manic and depressive episodes aren’t bad.
2. Very cool concept
Cons:
1. The constant switching between POVs
2. I constantly felt like I was missing key points to understand what was happening. Suddenly the author would describe what happened but I’d have no idea what she was talking about or how we got from A to B.
3. The love interest(s) talked to the MC like she was a child and it was weird
4. There was so much clashing of different ideas (fantasy vs. big G God vs. Greek gods vs. King Arthur stories) that it was hard to recall how the world all fit together
5. When sensitive topics were discussed it was never done with finesse and could be super triggering to anyone who wasn’t aware of content warning ahead of time
I think the idea was great just executed poorly. Normally I love easy to read fantasy novels like this but so much about it was cringy that it was difficult for even me to finish. I will likely read the rest of the series eventually but it was very nearly DNF’d.
1. There are some decent moments in the book where mental health is talked about in a way that didn’t make me want to vomit. Guidance from some of the side characters about how to support the main character when she’s going through manic and depressive episodes aren’t bad.
2. Very cool concept
Cons:
1. The constant switching between POVs
2. I constantly felt like I was missing key points to understand what was happening. Suddenly the author would describe what happened but I’d have no idea what she was talking about or how we got from A to B.
3. The love interest(s) talked to the MC like she was a child and it was weird
4. There was so much clashing of different ideas (fantasy vs. big G God vs. Greek gods vs. King Arthur stories) that it was hard to recall how the world all fit together
5. When sensitive topics were discussed it was never done with finesse and could be super triggering to anyone who wasn’t aware of content warning ahead of time
I think the idea was great just executed poorly. Normally I love easy to read fantasy novels like this but so much about it was cringy that it was difficult for even me to finish. I will likely read the rest of the series eventually but it was very nearly DNF’d.