The Waking Land (The Waking Land, #1) in Around the Year in 52 Books

Jul 05, 2017 Lourdes rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: attempt-to-read-again

DNF'ed at 110 pages. I couldn't do it anymore. I've been on this book for over a week and I just didn't like it. I might continue in the future but the character was so annoying. Hopefully I'll be able to get through it next time. It had potential but I was ultimately let down. ...more

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Mar 14, 2018 Jacqie rated it liked it

Shelves: didnt-finish, netgalley

Thanks to Netgalley for providing a copy of this book for review.

It was fine. If I hadn't read so much Chosen-One fantasy already, it would have been just fine. If I hadn't read a book about a spirited heroine who must answer the Call, it would have been more fine. If you like nature pseudo-celtic fantasy (which I do) it will definitely be fine. It just didn't stand out to me in any way. ...more

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Jun 23, 2017 Ryan Mac marked it as abandoned

Shelves: audiobook

I was excited to see the comparisons to Uprooted and thought the cover art for this book was great. The world building is interesting as well. Unfortunately, I didn't care for the writing and the main character/narrator was annoying. There were a lot of names, places and kingdoms thrown around that I found myself glossing over. This book had promise but I didn't have another 11 hours of time to complete this audiobook. ...more

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