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A review by lillanaa
Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen
2.0
This was... Not great. I think I understand what Bowen was going for, but it's not my personal style of book. The writing felt disjointed, and the plot was all over the place with no real mythos to tie it together. Seriously; dwarves, harpies, sirens, lycanthropes, and shapeshifters all in something that seems to be following Native American mythos? It just all was weird.
Not to mention the characters. I believe she was going for some kind of gender fluid idea with Nettie but it doesn't really come across in the end. None of the rest of the characters actually have a character, except for Dan and Winifred and maybeHenessey but I'd be hard pressed to consider anyone else memorable. Nettie was also a really, really confusing protagonist. I'm not sure where her actual loyalties lied and in the end I still have no clue.
Not my super favourite one out there, personally. The idea is sound, but the execution just doesn't pan out.
Not to mention the characters. I believe she was going for some kind of gender fluid idea with Nettie but it doesn't really come across in the end. None of the rest of the characters actually have a character, except for Dan and Winifred and maybeHenessey but I'd be hard pressed to consider anyone else memorable. Nettie was also a really, really confusing protagonist. I'm not sure where her actual loyalties lied and in the end I still have no clue.
Not my super favourite one out there, personally. The idea is sound, but the execution just doesn't pan out.