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A review by siraels
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
3.0
3 stars
I wanted to read this book really badly mainly because of the time travel trope which is my favourite. What I love about it every author puts their own image about time travel there and none is the same. I must admit that I really enjoyed this type of time travel that Alexandra Bracken introduced to us.
The overall story of the book sounded pretty interesting and I wanted to read it for quite a long time. It took me a while to get into the story but it was fun, I liked it, even though it could be a bit boring at times. But I really liked the ending which kept me wanting to continue and wanting to know what happens.
But even though I liked the story, mostly, it was a hard time for me to like the characters. I liked Etta, Rose and Alice, that was alright. I liked Etta's love for music. But every other character that was introduced (maybe except for Hasan) I disliked.
I couldn't make myself like Nicholas and I can't even explain why. There was something very unlikable about him and I kept asking myself what does Etta see in him. And also the fact that Etta suddenly couldn't do anything alone and he was acting very controlling? That was supposed to be the cute romance?
And Sophia was so annoying. At everything she said I had to roll my eyes. She thought she was this amazing and capable person but I couldn't stand her. (But that was probably the point of her character.)
My other big complaint is the writing. Maybe I'm not used to reading books in Czech anymore but I had to cringe at the unusual descriptions and parables. That was very weird.
Otherwise, I liked the story so I plan to continue the series because I want to know how it ends. It was very enjoyable.
I wanted to read this book really badly mainly because of the time travel trope which is my favourite. What I love about it every author puts their own image about time travel there and none is the same. I must admit that I really enjoyed this type of time travel that Alexandra Bracken introduced to us.
The overall story of the book sounded pretty interesting and I wanted to read it for quite a long time. It took me a while to get into the story but it was fun, I liked it, even though it could be a bit boring at times. But I really liked the ending which kept me wanting to continue and wanting to know what happens.
But even though I liked the story, mostly, it was a hard time for me to like the characters. I liked Etta, Rose and Alice, that was alright. I liked Etta's love for music. But every other character that was introduced (maybe except for Hasan) I disliked.
I couldn't make myself like Nicholas and I can't even explain why. There was something very unlikable about him and I kept asking myself what does Etta see in him. And also the fact that Etta suddenly couldn't do anything alone and he was acting very controlling? That was supposed to be the cute romance?
And Sophia was so annoying. At everything she said I had to roll my eyes. She thought she was this amazing and capable person but I couldn't stand her. (But that was probably the point of her character.)
My other big complaint is the writing. Maybe I'm not used to reading books in Czech anymore but I had to cringe at the unusual descriptions and parables. That was very weird.
Otherwise, I liked the story so I plan to continue the series because I want to know how it ends. It was very enjoyable.