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A review by swampbooks
Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff
3.0
It was so creative how the actual books you are reading were made a part of the story. He added layers to this series. The different fonts, the footnotes, the narrator of the story talking directly to you, and then the books themselves became a plot point. It’s just such an intriguing way to make the reader a part of the story.
The moments where he called out the problematic parts of his own writing were funny too.
ALSO!!!! He made many references to metal/rock song lyrics and I enjoyed that very much.
I will say, however, that it’s a bit messed up he brought back a black character as white. I mean I get he’s supposed to be a spooky specter but c’mon, he could’ve at least been made of shadows or something. How are you gonna whitewash your own character??
Tbh I don’t think anyone should have been brought back. It made for a corny ending, and Tric coming back brought on kind of a love triangle? It’s also important to note that he was a dead man walking throughout this book and sleeping with him would basically be necrophilia.
And speaking of sleeping with someone! It felt like there was a lot more smut in this book. If that’s your thing then hey! Perhaps you’ll enjoy this! That’s just not my thing and it was kinda a bummer that this one had so much more of it. Like he literally had them 69-ing at one point. That’s wild. At least it was bi representation I guess??
It just.... had a lot going on. Too much. It seemed to take me a lot longer to get through reading this book because I found myself not really wanting to pick it up much. O, well.
The moments where he called out the problematic parts of his own writing were funny too.
ALSO!!!! He made many references to metal/rock song lyrics and I enjoyed that very much.
I will say, however, that it’s a bit messed up he brought back a black character as white. I mean I get he’s supposed to be a spooky specter but c’mon, he could’ve at least been made of shadows or something. How are you gonna whitewash your own character??
Tbh I don’t think anyone should have been brought back. It made for a corny ending, and Tric coming back brought on kind of a love triangle? It’s also important to note that he was a dead man walking throughout this book and sleeping with him would basically be necrophilia.
And speaking of sleeping with someone! It felt like there was a lot more smut in this book. If that’s your thing then hey! Perhaps you’ll enjoy this! That’s just not my thing and it was kinda a bummer that this one had so much more of it. Like he literally had them 69-ing at one point. That’s wild. At least it was bi representation I guess??
It just.... had a lot going on. Too much. It seemed to take me a lot longer to get through reading this book because I found myself not really wanting to pick it up much. O, well.