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A review by marie_thereadingotter
Boudicca by P.C. Cast
Did not finish book. Stopped at 33%.
This book is a struggle to read. I have never read anything else by this author, I did look at her other published work, and it seems her other work has been YA Urban Fantasy. That's a very different genre from what this book has been pitched as, Adult *Historical* fantasy.
I am not as familiar with the history as I would like to be, but something about dialogue and character interactions felt oddly modern, for lack of a better word. There are parts that are over written in a way that comes across as trying to be more "mystical", but it just felt clunky. It may seem like a small thing but the lack of contractions might be part of it. Using 'cannot' over 'can't', and so forth. Contractions were used before modern times and for me it slowed the pace.
I have struggled with reading historical fantasy in the past when it involves someone who did exist. And I think that this book didn't have enough fantasy added to it to draw more of a line between the historical and fantasy parts.
Thank you NetGalley for this ebook
I am not as familiar with the history as I would like to be, but something about dialogue and character interactions felt oddly modern, for lack of a better word. There are parts that are over written in a way that comes across as trying to be more "mystical", but it just felt clunky. It may seem like a small thing but the lack of contractions might be part of it. Using 'cannot' over 'can't', and so forth. Contractions were used before modern times and for me it slowed the pace.
I have struggled with reading historical fantasy in the past when it involves someone who did exist. And I think that this book didn't have enough fantasy added to it to draw more of a line between the historical and fantasy parts.
Thank you NetGalley for this ebook