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A review by tgxp3
Cursed by T.L. Brown
2.0
Like with Hush, Hush, I did enjoy this book and the rest of the series, and it goes to show that even if something isn't written good, the plot and characters can really grab a hold of you. But that doesn't mean I'm going to give it anything above two stars, because it really (emphasis on really) needs work. I don't know if there was an editor for any books in this series, or if the editor was blind, but...yeah. Editors. Find one. Or many.
I guess the first sentence should've given me pause. I mean, some chick is running in heeled boots and the description of the cement is cold. How can she tell the cement is cold, if she's not running barefoot? Am I right? Oh well. I'll probably come to that if I happen to do chapter-by-chapter reviews on the book.
The first chapter is basically set in the future, while the rest of the book is set in the past, in order to lead up to that event being told. Which is fine by me. I find these styles of first chapters/prologues quite fun, because we're taken back to the point where it all began (and began, and began, and began, but that's for another book in another review).
So this book revolves around Aimee and is written in first person. The first thing that irks me in this book is not only the fact that the punctuation is completely off in most of every chapter, but also the fact that there are way too many "I"s going about at the start of sentences. If you're writing in first person, for the love of all things, keep a handle on that. Never be repetitive if you can help it, otherwise that word will be more focused on than the actual story itself. If you're not bothered by the whole "I verbed" as the start of a lot of sentences, then that's good.
Punctuation-wise, this book is littered with periods where commas should be. Also, the author forgets to capitalize the first word in a sentence when it comes to a character talking, or even after a period inside of a quotation mark. Urgh. It's the little things that irk me the most, but I was able to tread through the sludge of grammatical mistakes and reach the end triumphantly, while actually wanting more.
Ah right, Aimee. Let's get to her. She lives a depressed life since her mother died, and she wants to hold onto that depression, afraid that she'll forget her mom if she's happy. I have sympathy with her on this one. I've yet to lose one of my parents, but thinking about it always gets me stuck in my own kind of depression. One of the reasons I love Aimee is due to her World of Warcraft obsession. I cracked up laughing the moment I saw a snippet of that in the book. What kind of gamer would I be if I didn't want to high-five this girl for being a geek like me? After having a near-death experience from being poisoned at a party, she meets a stranger she's attracted to named Aleksander, who brings her back to life.
She befriends her sister's best friend, Giselle. Without getting too much into the characters to contain spoilers, most of the females are just...dumb. Even Aimee's sister, Alise, is a complete incompetent person who bosses around Aimee and apparently has hooked up with practically every single guy in school. Aimee seems to be getting better while Giselle gets sicker, but in reality Aimee is getting worse as well, it's just that whenever Aleksander is near, he takes the pain away. So in the end, Aimee gets a second kind of life, and throughout most of this book it becomes a kind of love triangle while trying to break Aleksander's curse and saving those she loves.
We actually get to meet quite a few different characters in this book, which is fine, but...when you have ADD and can only remember so many characters at one time, it's hard when you throw ten more in. Granted, a lot of the characters have made an impression on me, so I know most of them. Toward the end of the book series however...I'm at a complete loss as to who's who most of the time.
Whew. That was a long one, yeah?
I guess the first sentence should've given me pause. I mean, some chick is running in heeled boots and the description of the cement is cold. How can she tell the cement is cold, if she's not running barefoot? Am I right? Oh well. I'll probably come to that if I happen to do chapter-by-chapter reviews on the book.
The first chapter is basically set in the future, while the rest of the book is set in the past, in order to lead up to that event being told. Which is fine by me. I find these styles of first chapters/prologues quite fun, because we're taken back to the point where it all began (and began, and began, and began, but that's for another book in another review).
So this book revolves around Aimee and is written in first person. The first thing that irks me in this book is not only the fact that the punctuation is completely off in most of every chapter, but also the fact that there are way too many "I"s going about at the start of sentences. If you're writing in first person, for the love of all things, keep a handle on that. Never be repetitive if you can help it, otherwise that word will be more focused on than the actual story itself. If you're not bothered by the whole "I verbed" as the start of a lot of sentences, then that's good.
Punctuation-wise, this book is littered with periods where commas should be. Also, the author forgets to capitalize the first word in a sentence when it comes to a character talking, or even after a period inside of a quotation mark. Urgh. It's the little things that irk me the most, but I was able to tread through the sludge of grammatical mistakes and reach the end triumphantly, while actually wanting more.
Ah right, Aimee. Let's get to her. She lives a depressed life since her mother died, and she wants to hold onto that depression, afraid that she'll forget her mom if she's happy. I have sympathy with her on this one. I've yet to lose one of my parents, but thinking about it always gets me stuck in my own kind of depression. One of the reasons I love Aimee is due to her World of Warcraft obsession. I cracked up laughing the moment I saw a snippet of that in the book. What kind of gamer would I be if I didn't want to high-five this girl for being a geek like me? After having a near-death experience from being poisoned at a party, she meets a stranger she's attracted to named Aleksander, who brings her back to life.
She befriends her sister's best friend, Giselle. Without getting too much into the characters to contain spoilers, most of the females are just...dumb. Even Aimee's sister, Alise, is a complete incompetent person who bosses around Aimee and apparently has hooked up with practically every single guy in school. Aimee seems to be getting better while Giselle gets sicker, but in reality Aimee is getting worse as well, it's just that whenever Aleksander is near, he takes the pain away. So in the end, Aimee gets a second kind of life, and throughout most of this book it becomes a kind of love triangle while trying to break Aleksander's curse and saving those she loves.
We actually get to meet quite a few different characters in this book, which is fine, but...when you have ADD and can only remember so many characters at one time, it's hard when you throw ten more in. Granted, a lot of the characters have made an impression on me, so I know most of them. Toward the end of the book series however...I'm at a complete loss as to who's who most of the time.
Whew. That was a long one, yeah?