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A review by leesuh
Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike
3.0
I was apathetic for a lot of this book, but I'm pretty excited now. Review soon. (I'll try to explain what changed without spoiling anything.)
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Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike was one of those books I went into without really giving the synopsis a glace. I knew there'd be a triangle and the events were paranormal... but other than that? Nada. I guess I should forget beating around the bush and just be honest. I almost quit Earthbound. DNF. Done. Goodbye. It's not that I wasn't liking it... It's that I wasn't really hating it either. I was mostly apathetic for a lot of the book, save some eye rolls or "omg"s every once in a while.
Honestly, I’m having a hard time thinking of what to say about the book because I just… didn’t really care. Again, I didn’t hate it and it was, by no means, a bad story… I was just less interested than I thought I would be. The pacing felt a bit… off to me. I was interested enough in the story to get through it, but at times it seemed to take forever to read. Information took way too long to present itself and it became rather annoying the more I read. Just give me the damn information, please! It was suspenseful in a bad, annoying way.
BUT: The idea of a huge, long-lasting conspiracy is damn interesting and one of the few things that made me pick up the book in the first place. I feel like I’m going to be looking for “signs” everywhere. I thought the story was going to be more government conspiracy, but it’s actually something different… and sort of hard to explain. Either way, it’s pretty intriguing and a bit Food For Thought-ish.
When it comes to characters I’m very good at giving people the benefit of the doubt. But Tavia... Oh, Tavia. She really seemed to be one of those people who would forget about everyone important to her for a guy. She technically didn't have anyone to lose in the story, but the feeling was and is just the same. I do realize some people are like that, but it's not something I can get behind (especially not in a main character). I didn't hate Tavia, honestly, but I didn't love her or even like her. I couldn't have cared less about what happened to her. I think that fact loans itself to my general apathy toward the novel. I didn't like (respect might be a better word) the main character, and that made it very hard for me to dig the whole story.
I did love 1/3 of the “love” triangle, though. Benson? Nooo. Quinn! He was mysterious and dreamy and polite (good manners goes a long way with me)... I loved him. And he may or may not be in the next installment of the series. That fact alone is enough to keep me hanging on. I want- no, scratch that. I need more Quinn. Without him I don’t think I would go on to the next novel. That’s how much I love him.
Sooo yeah. I have very mixed feelings about Earthbound. Like I said, I do plan to read the next book in the series, but I’m going to hop into it with tweaked expectations. Don’t let my weirdness with the book keep you from reading it. At the end of the day it’s a very interesting topic and one to keep in mind if you’re looking for something that will make you double take.
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Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike was one of those books I went into without really giving the synopsis a glace. I knew there'd be a triangle and the events were paranormal... but other than that? Nada. I guess I should forget beating around the bush and just be honest. I almost quit Earthbound. DNF. Done. Goodbye. It's not that I wasn't liking it... It's that I wasn't really hating it either. I was mostly apathetic for a lot of the book, save some eye rolls or "omg"s every once in a while.
Honestly, I’m having a hard time thinking of what to say about the book because I just… didn’t really care. Again, I didn’t hate it and it was, by no means, a bad story… I was just less interested than I thought I would be. The pacing felt a bit… off to me. I was interested enough in the story to get through it, but at times it seemed to take forever to read. Information took way too long to present itself and it became rather annoying the more I read. Just give me the damn information, please! It was suspenseful in a bad, annoying way.
BUT: The idea of a huge, long-lasting conspiracy is damn interesting and one of the few things that made me pick up the book in the first place. I feel like I’m going to be looking for “signs” everywhere. I thought the story was going to be more government conspiracy, but it’s actually something different… and sort of hard to explain. Either way, it’s pretty intriguing and a bit Food For Thought-ish.
When it comes to characters I’m very good at giving people the benefit of the doubt. But Tavia... Oh, Tavia. She really seemed to be one of those people who would forget about everyone important to her for a guy. She technically didn't have anyone to lose in the story, but the feeling was and is just the same. I do realize some people are like that, but it's not something I can get behind (especially not in a main character). I didn't hate Tavia, honestly, but I didn't love her or even like her. I couldn't have cared less about what happened to her. I think that fact loans itself to my general apathy toward the novel. I didn't like (respect might be a better word) the main character, and that made it very hard for me to dig the whole story.
I did love 1/3 of the “love” triangle, though. Benson? Nooo. Quinn! He was mysterious and dreamy and polite (good manners goes a long way with me)... I loved him. And he may or may not be in the next installment of the series. That fact alone is enough to keep me hanging on. I want- no, scratch that. I need more Quinn. Without him I don’t think I would go on to the next novel. That’s how much I love him.
Sooo yeah. I have very mixed feelings about Earthbound. Like I said, I do plan to read the next book in the series, but I’m going to hop into it with tweaked expectations. Don’t let my weirdness with the book keep you from reading it. At the end of the day it’s a very interesting topic and one to keep in mind if you’re looking for something that will make you double take.