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A review by belleand_books
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
3.0
Triggers: anxiety, self harm, a “minor” depiction of disorder eating (author’s own words), flashbacks of neglect/abuse, trauma/ PTSD.
Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC.
If this was the first book I ever picked up by this author I’d never give her another chance. As it is, I’m not sure I’ll read anything else by her and I throughly enjoyed her other books.
This follows artemisia, who lives in a convent that teaches the girls how to wield magic in protection against spirits. One day her convent is attacked by some possessed soldiers and she becomes the keeper of this old relic- and is possessed herself. All of this sounds like the making of a good story right? Ehh…
So here’s the thing, Robson is known for her atmospheric books but this just did not pull through. The only atmosphere that I felt in this whole mess was boredom. I didn’t care about the mystery of the Old Magic, nor about the mystery of who the fucking demon was that possessed her. I mean, girl gets possessed as a baby and burns herself and even then it’s not an interesting story.
It picked up at about the 80% mark but that’s way to long for this story. The ending was fine, if slightly anticlimactic but overall fine.
Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC.
If this was the first book I ever picked up by this author I’d never give her another chance. As it is, I’m not sure I’ll read anything else by her and I throughly enjoyed her other books.
This follows artemisia, who lives in a convent that teaches the girls how to wield magic in protection against spirits. One day her convent is attacked by some possessed soldiers and she becomes the keeper of this old relic- and is possessed herself. All of this sounds like the making of a good story right? Ehh…
So here’s the thing, Robson is known for her atmospheric books but this just did not pull through. The only atmosphere that I felt in this whole mess was boredom. I didn’t care about the mystery of the Old Magic, nor about the mystery of who the fucking demon was that possessed her. I mean, girl gets possessed as a baby and burns herself and even then it’s not an interesting story.
It picked up at about the 80% mark but that’s way to long for this story. The ending was fine, if slightly anticlimactic but overall fine.