Kinda like Station Eleven and The Age of Miracles aka introspective look at the end of civilization... just with less depth and worldbuilding and worsKinda like Station Eleven and The Age of Miracles aka introspective look at the end of civilization... just with less depth and worldbuilding and worse writing than either....more
So this is a mess of YA tropes and half-finished ideas. It's readable but there are clarity issues and while the plotting isn't bad, it's often predicSo this is a mess of YA tropes and half-finished ideas. It's readable but there are clarity issues and while the plotting isn't bad, it's often predictable. RTC....more
So at least one of those three stars is pure nostalgia. This series is simple, predictable in that it dutifully follows expected tropes and cliches, aSo at least one of those three stars is pure nostalgia. This series is simple, predictable in that it dutifully follows expected tropes and cliches, and doesn't do a whole lot of anything new. Still, it was one of the first fantasy series I ever read as a kid, and I can't deny my fondness for it and some of the characters (Silk is bae) to this day....more
Started out jumbled and confusing, no real plot for much of the novel, tepid romance, uncomfortable victim blaming and relationship with the abuser ((Started out jumbled and confusing, no real plot for much of the novel, tepid romance, uncomfortable victim blaming and relationship with the abuser ((view spoiler)[I get that her power confuses her as to whether what Valko does is wanted or not but NO. NO TO ALL OF THAT (hide spoiler)]), no real worldbuilding, bland cliched characters and it laaaags.
I usually try to give a book at least 100 pages to do something - interest me, find its ground, establish characters... but Under DiPages read: 75/296
I usually try to give a book at least 100 pages to do something - interest me, find its ground, establish characters... but Under Different Stars was so frustraging, so full of cliches in the first 35 pages, I did laundry willingly.
I took a break, came back and read 40 more pages, and friends? It was a waste of time and effort. In those first 75 pages that I did force myself through, we learn that main character Kricket is...
A super tall, super beautiful (but doesn't know it), super blonde orphan.... with violet eyes.
She's also super special and super sad and... just... no. There's also an obvious love triangle on the way, among the other ridiculously unneeded and dramatic cliches to come. I honestly could not care any less about anything going on and it was not worth the time investment to continue for a further 220 pages. ...more
Well. I tried. This is a DNF 175 pages in and I've given all I can give -- brain cells and time-wise. I am so aggressively bored or actively annoyed wWell. I tried. This is a DNF 175 pages in and I've given all I can give -- brain cells and time-wise. I am so aggressively bored or actively annoyed with everything going in that it's just not worth pursuing....more
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