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bubblegumt 's review for:
The Last Witch in Edinburgh
by Marielle Thompson
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I kept wanting to DNF throughout the book, I didn’t even get to the last chapters because I just didn’t care enough to get through to it.
Basically this was just a book telling us the worst thing that could ever happen to you is to be a woman and men suck. And which is partly true but the way it’s written here just makes it seem that it’s a curse to be a women, in 1800s all the way to 2022. And because of this the MC was fearful all throughout and it was exhausting hearing her monologues about how much it sucks to be a women especially when she kinda wasn’t doing anything to help herself.
This book felt more “telly” than showing us anything. And it was heavy on the internal monologues. Like she would be asked “how are you” and she goes through like 2 min internally, then will “bit her tongue or words will get stuck in her throat” and she will just say “I’m fine”. Like every conversation was like that, and you would even forget it’s a conversation because of the monologues (I was listening to the audiobook). There was no character development whatsoever and never also got to see other characters beyond the MCs own eyes. The magic wasn’t really explained or explored, we were just told about it instead of seeing it.
However the vibes and descriptions of Edinburgh were amazing, and maybe because I have been there but it really was atmospheric and that’s why I think I lasted so long in this book, but towards the end, I just didn’t care enough to listen to it through
Basically this was just a book telling us the worst thing that could ever happen to you is to be a woman and men suck. And which is partly true but the way it’s written here just makes it seem that it’s a curse to be a women, in 1800s all the way to 2022. And because of this the MC was fearful all throughout and it was exhausting hearing her monologues about how much it sucks to be a women especially when she kinda wasn’t doing anything to help herself.
This book felt more “telly” than showing us anything. And it was heavy on the internal monologues. Like she would be asked “how are you” and she goes through like 2 min internally, then will “bit her tongue or words will get stuck in her throat” and she will just say “I’m fine”. Like every conversation was like that, and you would even forget it’s a conversation because of the monologues (I was listening to the audiobook). There was no character development whatsoever and never also got to see other characters beyond the MCs own eyes. The magic wasn’t really explained or explored, we were just told about it instead of seeing it.
However the vibes and descriptions of Edinburgh were amazing, and maybe because I have been there but it really was atmospheric and that’s why I think I lasted so long in this book, but towards the end, I just didn’t care enough to listen to it through