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A review by bookforthought
The Devil Herself by D.A. Willows
Did not finish book. Stopped at 74%.
DNF @ 74%
While the idea behind the story is intriguing, there are significant issues with the execution that make it hard to rate this book favourably.
The number of repetitions within the text is excessive, resulting in a stilted narrative and significant frustration on the reader's part as the same concepts (and often the exact same words) are repeated multiple times in a very short space, and there are numerous inconsistencies and contradictions within the text . This also contributes to the sense that the story is barely progressing, with very few new elements being added, giving rise to serious pacing issues. It also felt as though context was lacking, and the settings were described too vaguely to provide a sense of how characters move in the space, often resulting in confusing scenes. Dialogues also suffer from repetitiveness and feel very unnatural. Character development is too generic and surface-level, with vague references to past events and over-reliance on self-talk to describe characters' personalities.
I received an advance review copy of this book for free via Reedsy Discovery. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.
While the idea behind the story is intriguing, there are significant issues with the execution that make it hard to rate this book favourably.
The number of repetitions within the text is excessive, resulting in a stilted narrative and significant frustration on the reader's part as the same concepts (and often the exact same words) are repeated multiple times in a very short space, and there are numerous inconsistencies and contradictions within the text . This also contributes to the sense that the story is barely progressing, with very few new elements being added, giving rise to serious pacing issues. It also felt as though context was lacking, and the settings were described too vaguely to provide a sense of how characters move in the space, often resulting in confusing scenes. Dialogues also suffer from repetitiveness and feel very unnatural. Character development is too generic and surface-level, with vague references to past events and over-reliance on self-talk to describe characters' personalities.
I received an advance review copy of this book for free via Reedsy Discovery. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.