A review by discountexorcist
The Furies by Natalie Haynes

2.0

this book was disappointing, for multiple reasons. the weird usage of single quote marks 'like this' instead of quotation marks, and the present tense parts of the storyline had no quotation marks at all. aside from mel, the kids don't really have anything unique or distinguishing about them, and there's a huge lack of character development. the story is paced way too slowly; the first three acts dragged on and on (with the first act being completely forgettable) and all of the action taking place in the last two acts, but it isn't a satisfying payoff because for half of the story you have absolutely no clue what the fuck is going on. it's more of an "oh, so this is what happened?" moment.

the book had an interesting premise, it just wasn't executed in an interesting way. at all.