Tab's Reviews > Academy of the Forgotten

Admittedly I DNF

I just couldn't get into it. Got to 43% with a slow moving, non-engaging, and murky plot that just didn't keep my interest. Trix, the FMC goes to this "school" to find her foster brother whom she had made future plans with after he disappeared from memory of everyone who knew him outside of school. Aside from her. It's just creepy weird and nonsensical how she goes about her search for him. I get it, there is something nefarious going on. No one seems to remember or know her brother, even though the school is so tiny. There are so many weird aspects to the school itself. The classes aren't really classes. The students are emaciated husks for the most part and all have twisted pasts that the school is supposed to help them with? It's not engaging. The mystery is painted thick on this whole story, to the point there is no light at the end of the tunnel. No clues, no hope, just a resigned fate at this point. I don't feel the desperation of Trix and her need to find or fix things. It's all very bland in that aspect, even though it's horrible what's going on. It just doesn't evoke any emotion from me at all. In essence, the plot is just too unrealistic and the story is too dreary for me to waste my time when I'm not being engaged and find zero enjoyment in reading the book.