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A review by emmirosereads
Roseblood by A.G. Howard
3.0
*3*
After reading a lot of negative reviews about this book I was a bit reluctant to start it, and wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it. Overall I ended up enjoying this book a lot more then I expected I would. It wasn't my absolute favorite thing to read, and did take me a while to finish but I liked it.
I was initially really interested in reading this as I finally watched The Phantom of the Opera recently, and listened to the album for the musical and loved everything. I had never seen a retelling or Phantom inspired YA book so that really interested me. I really loved the parts of the book that mentioned and pointed back to the original story and being in that world again. At the same time I didn't feel at all like I would be lost if I had never seen or read the original work.
Many parts of this book had a very mysterious and some times creepy feel that really kept me on the edge of my seat. This book also had really great and unique characters, that I loved getting to know. I loved getting to know the sometimes heart breaking and tragic background of Rune and Thorn, especially. I will say if a lot of background bothers you, I would not recommend this book. I feel like a big chunk of this book is dedicated to telling Thorn's and Rune's background, weaved in and out of the novel.
I'm also a huge fan of very descriptive and flowery writing which I felt this book really had. The writing style really added to the whole feel of the book. At first it was strange to me when I found that Rune's POV was written in first person and Thorn's was written in third person limited, but I felt like it suited both of the characters well and again added to the stories feeling.
I will say that at times this book did seem a bit slow. At the same time I also feel like there should have been more to the story. I thought A.G. Howard's take on the original story was really interesting, and I like what she did with it but by the end of the book something felt missing almost? I'm not sure if that makes any sense, but all I can say is something felt off and the ending felt kind of sudden in a way.
Again, another hard review to write as I had a lot of mixed feelings on this book, but I still found it really interesting and did end up enjoying it for the most part leading me to rate it 4/5 stars.
After reading a lot of negative reviews about this book I was a bit reluctant to start it, and wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it. Overall I ended up enjoying this book a lot more then I expected I would. It wasn't my absolute favorite thing to read, and did take me a while to finish but I liked it.
I was initially really interested in reading this as I finally watched The Phantom of the Opera recently, and listened to the album for the musical and loved everything. I had never seen a retelling or Phantom inspired YA book so that really interested me. I really loved the parts of the book that mentioned and pointed back to the original story and being in that world again. At the same time I didn't feel at all like I would be lost if I had never seen or read the original work.
Many parts of this book had a very mysterious and some times creepy feel that really kept me on the edge of my seat. This book also had really great and unique characters, that I loved getting to know. I loved getting to know the sometimes heart breaking and tragic background of Rune and Thorn, especially. I will say if a lot of background bothers you, I would not recommend this book. I feel like a big chunk of this book is dedicated to telling Thorn's and Rune's background, weaved in and out of the novel.
I'm also a huge fan of very descriptive and flowery writing which I felt this book really had. The writing style really added to the whole feel of the book. At first it was strange to me when I found that Rune's POV was written in first person and Thorn's was written in third person limited, but I felt like it suited both of the characters well and again added to the stories feeling.
I will say that at times this book did seem a bit slow. At the same time I also feel like there should have been more to the story. I thought A.G. Howard's take on the original story was really interesting, and I like what she did with it but by the end of the book something felt missing almost? I'm not sure if that makes any sense, but all I can say is something felt off and the ending felt kind of sudden in a way.
Again, another hard review to write as I had a lot of mixed feelings on this book, but I still found it really interesting and did end up enjoying it for the most part leading me to rate it 4/5 stars.