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Take Us Back to Genesis by Errol Fernandez
Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.
The author provided me an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
DNF after Chapter 5 (26 pages, 15%)
DNF rating: 1.5/5 (I don't use ratings for DNFs).
Despite the book's short length, I don't think I can finish this book to give it a proper review. I found the writing style to be very juvenile and in severe need of workshopping with skilled editors and beta readers. From Chapter 1, there were just too many grammatical and typographical errors for me to ignore. Within five short chapters, a lot of characters have already been introduced and none of them have enough characterization work for me to be emotionally hooked in. There is also a lack of worldbuilding. Thus, without feeling connected to either characters or setting, I didn't feel interested to continue.
Some things I still appreciated:
- The Baguio setting: I feel like leaning more into this would do wonders for this book.
- Food descriptions are good. Again, I feel like leaning more into this would be to this book's advantage.
- The beautiful illustrations
DNF after Chapter 5 (26 pages, 15%)
DNF rating: 1.5/5 (I don't use ratings for DNFs).
Despite the book's short length, I don't think I can finish this book to give it a proper review. I found the writing style to be very juvenile and in severe need of workshopping with skilled editors and beta readers. From Chapter 1, there were just too many grammatical and typographical errors for me to ignore. Within five short chapters, a lot of characters have already been introduced and none of them have enough characterization work for me to be emotionally hooked in. There is also a lack of worldbuilding. Thus, without feeling connected to either characters or setting, I didn't feel interested to continue.
Some things I still appreciated:
- The Baguio setting: I feel like leaning more into this would do wonders for this book.
- Food descriptions are good. Again, I feel like leaning more into this would be to this book's advantage.
- The beautiful illustrations