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maze0707 's review for:
Give Me a Reason
by A.L. Jackson
My biggest turn off with this book was the author's writing. The incomplete sentences, the unending melodramatic inner monologues, the overdramatic sappy dialogue - it all really took away from the story and instead of enjoying the characters' story, the only thing I could focus on was how annoying the writing style was. And it's what made this book drag for so long, which wasn't necessary.
By the end I started skim reading because it was just page after page of barely any dialogue but a lot of overly descriptive paragraphs. If you can even call them that with the 1 or 2 or 3 words being dropped. It became repetitive- the constant description of feeling something "electric" or "charged" or "darkness" and "pure light" right at the start of the book. It made the story feel a bit unrealistic. Also the conflict wrapped up too quickly for me.
There was a lot that was revealed in a bizarre way that was barely touched on. Their story could've benefited from having another book but only if the first one was shorter.
Overall, I wanted to enjoy this book because I thought the setup was interesting, but the author dropped the ball with that writing style.
2.5 stars
By the end I started skim reading because it was just page after page of barely any dialogue but a lot of overly descriptive paragraphs. If you can even call them that with the 1 or 2 or 3 words being dropped. It became repetitive- the constant description of feeling something "electric" or "charged" or "darkness" and "pure light" right at the start of the book. It made the story feel a bit unrealistic. Also the conflict wrapped up too quickly for me.
There was a lot that was revealed in a bizarre way that was barely touched on. Their story could've benefited from having another book but only if the first one was shorter.
Overall, I wanted to enjoy this book because I thought the setup was interesting, but the author dropped the ball with that writing style.
2.5 stars