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A review by thewitchykitty
Land of Horrors by Chelsii Klein
3.0
Candyland Retelling
Well, I finished it. And while it was entertaining, there are some reasons why I’m not rating it higher.
First off, I want to say that this is a really good idea. The author put a lot of time and effort into building the world and backstory. I really liked that.
But we have a very dark story, a very traumatic story. And an FMC who’s mind is apparently still 13 years old because most of her thoughts and what she says are childish. I’m meant to be convinced that this woman is a badass and yet every time she says something stupid or has these eye rolling thoughts it drags me out of the story.
I’m just not convinced. The way their dialogue is written is very childish, like angsty teenagers. Not full grown adults with the weight of the world on their shoulders. If the dialogue had been more mature, I definitely would have liked this book more.
This read a lot like a polished Wattpad post. And while I stuck with it to see where it would go, I’m not going to continue the series.
Well, I finished it. And while it was entertaining, there are some reasons why I’m not rating it higher.
First off, I want to say that this is a really good idea. The author put a lot of time and effort into building the world and backstory. I really liked that.
But we have a very dark story, a very traumatic story. And an FMC who’s mind is apparently still 13 years old because most of her thoughts and what she says are childish. I’m meant to be convinced that this woman is a badass and yet every time she says something stupid or has these eye rolling thoughts it drags me out of the story.
I’m just not convinced. The way their dialogue is written is very childish, like angsty teenagers. Not full grown adults with the weight of the world on their shoulders. If the dialogue had been more mature, I definitely would have liked this book more.
This read a lot like a polished Wattpad post. And while I stuck with it to see where it would go, I’m not going to continue the series.