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A Sorrow Fierce and Falling
by Jessica Cluess
**truly some indeterminate number between 3 and 4**
I'M AS INDECISIVE AS HENRIETTA AT THIS POINT.
No, but really, please visit this review. There's a wonderful rant on how I feel towards this book.
I think it’s been a long time since I have been so razzled on what my rating should be (and how the review should go) as a whole. I ended up deciding to have an indeterminate number because depending on the day my opinion seems to change. I have so many thoughts over this book. [If you’ve read this, comment/send e-mail! I’m curious what you thought of it].
First of all, I’ve probably mentioned this before…I rarely ever enjoy a love triangle; it’s probably my most hated trope. And in this case, it was a love…square? I think that’s what we’re calling it.
There were some twists in this book, THAT WE SO COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. Alright, I’m really referring to one I am struggling to accept as a good piece of the story, but there were a few others that weren’t fun either okay? I saw them as a push to complete character arcs that had already burned to ashes in the first place, and adding such tid-bits only frazzled me more.
I felt like I was reading a hodge-podge of about a hundred different books I’ve read just this year. I kept realizing what books she was drawing aspects from over and over again. And don't even get me started about "the chosen one" sections of this book. *simmering rage*
It may seem like I hated this book, but in this weird way I can't even figure out, it made it a decent book too. The writing is enjoyable and the concept as a whole is different. The execution was flat our poor. I think most people will LOVE it or HATE it.
Overall audience notes:
- Young adult, Victorian-era fantasy/historical fiction
- No language (a feminine derogatory comment is made though)
- Violence (mostly in the forms of magic; fire, wind, etc.)
- One love scene, a little descriptive; some kisses and plenty of declarations of love for everyone
I'M AS INDECISIVE AS HENRIETTA AT THIS POINT.
No, but really, please visit this review. There's a wonderful rant on how I feel towards this book.
I think it’s been a long time since I have been so razzled on what my rating should be (and how the review should go) as a whole. I ended up deciding to have an indeterminate number because depending on the day my opinion seems to change. I have so many thoughts over this book. [If you’ve read this, comment/send e-mail! I’m curious what you thought of it].
First of all, I’ve probably mentioned this before…I rarely ever enjoy a love triangle; it’s probably my most hated trope. And in this case, it was a love…square? I think that’s what we’re calling it.
There were some twists in this book, THAT WE SO COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. Alright, I’m really referring to one I am struggling to accept as a good piece of the story, but there were a few others that weren’t fun either okay? I saw them as a push to complete character arcs that had already burned to ashes in the first place, and adding such tid-bits only frazzled me more.
I felt like I was reading a hodge-podge of about a hundred different books I’ve read just this year. I kept realizing what books she was drawing aspects from over and over again. And don't even get me started about "the chosen one" sections of this book. *simmering rage*
It may seem like I hated this book, but in this weird way I can't even figure out, it made it a decent book too. The writing is enjoyable and the concept as a whole is different. The execution was flat our poor. I think most people will LOVE it or HATE it.
Overall audience notes:
- Young adult, Victorian-era fantasy/historical fiction
- No language (a feminine derogatory comment is made though)
- Violence (mostly in the forms of magic; fire, wind, etc.)
- One love scene, a little descriptive; some kisses and plenty of declarations of love for everyone