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A review by dragonz_den
The Bloodshed Of The Betrayed by A. L. Slade
3.0
Something about this book was simply just average.
The concept of a queer fallen angels story is stunning, an amazing idea even, but this book just didn’t live up to what I expected. Laramie is tested with emotions, but when she fails the test she follows the human she fell in love with. This sounds like an awesome concept, but reading the book felt like a workout to understand.
I’m a reader with complete aphantasia (the inability to visualize), and this book love to describe the most small details with depth. It felt as though I was being force fed descriptions I couldn’t understand for over half the book. I had even gotten a friend to try and describe certain details to me when I was completely overwhelmed by the page long descriptions. I understand that this is a me issue but it’s easy to get lost in all the words.
I also felt as though the book was oddly paced. It felt like watching House of Anubis. The first half of the of the episode was resolving the cliffhanger at the end of the previous episode and moving on to creating a new cliffhanger that can’t be resolved in the rest of the episode. Bloodshed of the Betrayed is great for binge reading because of this, but terrible for spaced out reading, like what I did.
I’d also like to point out how quickly relationships seem to move in this book. The book shorter than others and I think that the relationship and character building was severely affected because of this. Laramie falls in love with Maggie at first sight, and Magda falls in love with Laramie after she’s died, but that happened incredibly quickly. I was almost concerned with how fast Maggie gained feelings for Laramie and her actions at the end of the book. After being thrown around in Lucifer’s fight with Laramie and God/Az, you’d think she’d be repelled by the idea of her new life, but she isn’t? She was just tossed into a new world and God is nice to get a few times and she’s okay with it? It felt unrealistic and sort of annoying to read.
I don’t think there’s a good way to end this other than just saying that the book felt average. There wasn’t anything that made it stand out to me. I’d read this book if you were bored and wanted something that moved quickly. It’s also good to get you into a binge reading mood.
The concept of a queer fallen angels story is stunning, an amazing idea even, but this book just didn’t live up to what I expected. Laramie is tested with emotions, but when she fails the test she follows the human she fell in love with. This sounds like an awesome concept, but reading the book felt like a workout to understand.
I’m a reader with complete aphantasia (the inability to visualize), and this book love to describe the most small details with depth. It felt as though I was being force fed descriptions I couldn’t understand for over half the book. I had even gotten a friend to try and describe certain details to me when I was completely overwhelmed by the page long descriptions. I understand that this is a me issue but it’s easy to get lost in all the words.
I also felt as though the book was oddly paced. It felt like watching House of Anubis. The first half of the of the episode was resolving the cliffhanger at the end of the previous episode and moving on to creating a new cliffhanger that can’t be resolved in the rest of the episode. Bloodshed of the Betrayed is great for binge reading because of this, but terrible for spaced out reading, like what I did.
I’d also like to point out how quickly relationships seem to move in this book. The book shorter than others and I think that the relationship and character building was severely affected because of this. Laramie falls in love with Maggie at first sight, and Magda falls in love with Laramie after she’s died, but that happened incredibly quickly. I was almost concerned with how fast Maggie gained feelings for Laramie and her actions at the end of the book. After being thrown around in Lucifer’s fight with Laramie and God/Az, you’d think she’d be repelled by the idea of her new life, but she isn’t? She was just tossed into a new world and God is nice to get a few times and she’s okay with it? It felt unrealistic and sort of annoying to read.
I don’t think there’s a good way to end this other than just saying that the book felt average. There wasn’t anything that made it stand out to me. I’d read this book if you were bored and wanted something that moved quickly. It’s also good to get you into a binge reading mood.