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I agree about what you wrote about Bryce. Love it
Charity wrote: "I agree about what you wrote about Bryce. Love it"
I wanted to reach out and slap her so many times my hand started to hurt from just imagining
Hahaha it’s so funny because whilst I enjoyed this book I also love this review! I agree with so many points, I think SJM has great characters in ToG and ACOTAR, plus the story was massively different but when it came to Crescent city I just constantly had this feeling that something was missing? And clearly it was just that something NEW was missing :( a lot of it feels recycled and the world building was nothing I haven’t seen before… she could have pushed it with the setting to crest something super unique but it’s just a blend of everything without being anything lol
You HAVE to read the second one just because we need your reaction to the ending ;)
Arunas wrote: "Hahaha it’s so funny because whilst I enjoyed this book I also love this review! I agree with so many points, I think SJM has great characters in ToG and ACOTAR, plus the story was massively differ..."
Thank you
I am harsh on famous published writers because they have this whole ass team behind them and still deliver mediocre work
SJM can deliver a great story
so what the F was this?
Oh man, this is the only SJM series I have left to tackle. Now I’m a little worried 😬
@Elizabeth
It's not that bad
But it's not that good either
Especially compared to other SJM books
Maybe you'll love it
And the author is a zionist too
I didn’t read your whole review because I didn’t want to see spoilers, but for the part I did read: this was how I felt, too. I got around 30 percent (maybe more) into this book sometime last year and just never finished it. So I guess I accidentally DNF’ed it. It was a chore reading as much as I did though. I was so bored, and I predicted everything. But mostly I was just bored. The worldbuilding was so sluggish, and worldbuilding isn’t supposed to be like that. It’s supposed to unravel in a way that you never even notice that worldbuilding is going on; it just happens effortlessly in the background while you read. This was not that. This made me feel like I was reading a textbook as a homework assignment or something. I was just so bored. Everyone keeps saying that the book gets so much better by the end and that book 2 is amazing, so I want to eventually finish the book and give the rest of the series a try, but I probably won’t be picking it back up anytime soon. Reading that was not fun. And I found most of the characters unlikeable so far except for Ruhn. Maybe someday I will finish it but I’ve got better things to read for now.
@Jillian
If you want to continue reading
Read the first 100 pages and the last 200
You'll understand everything 🤣🤣🤣
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Charity wrote: "I agree about what you wrote about Bryce. Love it"I wanted to reach out and slap her so many times my hand started to hurt from just imagining
Hahaha it’s so funny because whilst I enjoyed this book I also love this review! I agree with so many points, I think SJM has great characters in ToG and ACOTAR, plus the story was massively different but when it came to Crescent city I just constantly had this feeling that something was missing? And clearly it was just that something NEW was missing :( a lot of it feels recycled and the world building was nothing I haven’t seen before… she could have pushed it with the setting to crest something super unique but it’s just a blend of everything without being anything lol You HAVE to read the second one just because we need your reaction to the ending ;)
Arunas wrote: "Hahaha it’s so funny because whilst I enjoyed this book I also love this review! I agree with so many points, I think SJM has great characters in ToG and ACOTAR, plus the story was massively differ..."Thank you
I am harsh on famous published writers because they have this whole ass team behind them and still deliver mediocre work
SJM can deliver a great story
so what the F was this?
Oh man, this is the only SJM series I have left to tackle. Now I’m a little worried 😬
@ElizabethIt's not that bad
But it's not that good either
Especially compared to other SJM books
Maybe you'll love it
And the author is a zionist too
I didn’t read your whole review because I didn’t want to see spoilers, but for the part I did read: this was how I felt, too. I got around 30 percent (maybe more) into this book sometime last year and just never finished it. So I guess I accidentally DNF’ed it. It was a chore reading as much as I did though. I was so bored, and I predicted everything. But mostly I was just bored. The worldbuilding was so sluggish, and worldbuilding isn’t supposed to be like that. It’s supposed to unravel in a way that you never even notice that worldbuilding is going on; it just happens effortlessly in the background while you read. This was not that. This made me feel like I was reading a textbook as a homework assignment or something. I was just so bored. Everyone keeps saying that the book gets so much better by the end and that book 2 is amazing, so I want to eventually finish the book and give the rest of the series a try, but I probably won’t be picking it back up anytime soon. Reading that was not fun. And I found most of the characters unlikeable so far except for Ruhn. Maybe someday I will finish it but I’ve got better things to read for now.
@JillianIf you want to continue reading
Read the first 100 pages and the last 200
You'll understand everything 🤣🤣🤣
