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dannipants_j 's review for:
Caging Skies
by Christine Leunens
I think I hated this book. The few interesting concepts are overshadowed by many uninteresting concepts and a lot of really poor-quality writing. Almost every moment of plot tension passed by and I had to re-read it, wondering, "Did I read that correctly? Did that actually happen or was it imagined by x character?" because the sentence structure itself didn't add any tension to what was happening.
In the end, this book is really about a manipulative young man's attempts to maintain ownership of a young woman, all the while convincing himself that he's the one in the right/being manipulated/etc. While that alone doesn't -necessarily- make a bad book, it really feels as if the reader is meant to sympathise with this incredibly delusional and unlikeable character. Topped with poor writing and confusing pacing, there's nothing left that comes close to redeeming this one for me.
In the end, this book is really about a manipulative young man's attempts to maintain ownership of a young woman, all the while convincing himself that he's the one in the right/being manipulated/etc. While that alone doesn't -necessarily- make a bad book, it really feels as if the reader is meant to sympathise with this incredibly delusional and unlikeable character. Topped with poor writing and confusing pacing, there's nothing left that comes close to redeeming this one for me.