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A review by infinitysbookshelf
Ice Crown by Kay L. Moody
1.0
For the six months that I have now been blogging I have never found a book that I have actively hated and found not positive attributes. My reviews at the beginning were probably more favourable than ones I would write now, but ultimately I always had something good to say about the book I was rating. I guess my streak has come to an end.
Ice Crown is a short 100 page novella about a girl who leaves the “Storm”, a place of poverty, to join a school for “shapers”, people who can manipulate elements. She has to win a position as Master Shaper in a shaping contest in order to finally be free of the Storm.
Honestly I wish I hadn’t read the official synopsis because it reveals way more about the story than I just did. One of the major events of the story that happens about 75% in was in the synopsis, which just screams “this is just a introductory book” to me, which to be fair it completely is.
Because of the short format every single moment in this book felt rushed and confusing, which wasn’t helped by the simplistic writing style and the weird dialogue. There were entire conversations that occurred between the MC and her best friend where her friend just told her things she already knew, just so the reader could understand the story. There was also a stranger who stopped everything and told 7 year old MC that she was going to save the world.
There was one moment in particular where the MC narrates that most people were lucky to be able to shape one element and the best could shape two. Then she proceeded ten minutes later to wield all four. This moment set the scene for the rest of the book where she is clearly the best at everything and no-one else can compare. At one point she solves a problem that no-one else has ever solved in all of time, in three days including all the time it took to perfect it to preform in front of the king.
Finally the ending summed up everything I was feeling about the book. IT. JUST. ENDED. No climax, no build-up, no anything! Two people were arguing on the bus and it just ended. Then it told me to purchase the next book to find out what happens next. I actually had to go onto Goodreads to see if maybe my version was not complete, but everyone else was commenting on the same ending, so it really did end there. I really struggled with myself whether it was worth buying the next one to find out the end of the story, but I’ve decided that I value my time more than this book. There are so many other books that I am excited to read and this one doesn’t qualify.
I sort of went into rant-mode there for a second, so if you’ve gotten this far thank you for reading my ramblings. This review is my opinion and my intention is not to offend anyone, so if you liked this book, you can go on liking it. Leave a comment down below if you read this book and any of the sequel books, because I really need to know if they get better. Thanks again and Happy Reading.
1 star
Ice Crown is a short 100 page novella about a girl who leaves the “Storm”, a place of poverty, to join a school for “shapers”, people who can manipulate elements. She has to win a position as Master Shaper in a shaping contest in order to finally be free of the Storm.
Honestly I wish I hadn’t read the official synopsis because it reveals way more about the story than I just did. One of the major events of the story that happens about 75% in was in the synopsis, which just screams “this is just a introductory book” to me, which to be fair it completely is.
Because of the short format every single moment in this book felt rushed and confusing, which wasn’t helped by the simplistic writing style and the weird dialogue. There were entire conversations that occurred between the MC and her best friend where her friend just told her things she already knew, just so the reader could understand the story. There was also a stranger who stopped everything and told 7 year old MC that she was going to save the world.
There was one moment in particular where the MC narrates that most people were lucky to be able to shape one element and the best could shape two. Then she proceeded ten minutes later to wield all four. This moment set the scene for the rest of the book where she is clearly the best at everything and no-one else can compare. At one point she solves a problem that no-one else has ever solved in all of time, in three days including all the time it took to perfect it to preform in front of the king.
Finally the ending summed up everything I was feeling about the book. IT. JUST. ENDED. No climax, no build-up, no anything! Two people were arguing on the bus and it just ended. Then it told me to purchase the next book to find out what happens next. I actually had to go onto Goodreads to see if maybe my version was not complete, but everyone else was commenting on the same ending, so it really did end there. I really struggled with myself whether it was worth buying the next one to find out the end of the story, but I’ve decided that I value my time more than this book. There are so many other books that I am excited to read and this one doesn’t qualify.
I sort of went into rant-mode there for a second, so if you’ve gotten this far thank you for reading my ramblings. This review is my opinion and my intention is not to offend anyone, so if you liked this book, you can go on liking it. Leave a comment down below if you read this book and any of the sequel books, because I really need to know if they get better. Thanks again and Happy Reading.
1 star