Während ich den Schreibstil, die Welt und die Story an sich wirklich richtig gut finde. Hab ich einfach total mit den Charakteren zu kämpfen. Es liegt nicht daran, dass sie sich alle ...
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Während ich den Schreibstil, die Welt und die Story an sich wirklich richtig gut finde. Hab ich einfach total mit den Charakteren zu kämpfen. Es liegt nicht daran, dass sie sich alle im moralischem Grau befinden. Ich mag sie nur einfach nicht und fühl auch sonst nichts für sie.
Das wird ziemlich kurz und knapp, denn so richtig weiß ich immer noch nicht was ich für eine Meinung zu dem Buch habe.
Ich finde das Adelina mal ein ganz anderer Hauptcharakter ist ...
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Das wird ziemlich kurz und knapp, denn so richtig weiß ich immer noch nicht was ich für eine Meinung zu dem Buch habe.
Ich finde das Adelina mal ein ganz anderer Hauptcharakter ist als ich es gewöhnt bin. Das fande ich auf jeden Fall erfrischend. Doch bin ich nicht mit ihr warm geworden, auch die anderen Charaktere haben nicht viel für mich hergemacht.
ABER, ich mochte die Geschichte an sich und werde auf jeden Fall die anderen Bücher noch anhören, weil ich schon wissen will wie es weiter geht.
Rating this so low makes me so freaking mad, cause I wanted to love this. And on paper I should have loved it. And I have to admit that I will continue the series, cause I think there ...
actual rating: 2.5
Rating this so low makes me so freaking mad, cause I wanted to love this. And on paper I should have loved it. And I have to admit that I will continue the series, cause I think there is so much potential right there.
I really enjoyed the story overall, I just had so many issues with the pacing of the book. For that amount of pages, not a lot happened until the very end. The bare minimum of world buidling, writing that in parts went in circles, but also contradicted itself.
Rhya, while I truly liked her, she also annoyed me, cause just like when it came to the overall writing, things around her felt so contradicting. While we got told that she is a strong independent woman, she also let Penn walk all over her.
Which bring me to my main issue with the book. Penn. We got told by people around him how he is such a great guy. Then please, do tell me where that nice guy was when he was interacting with Rhya. Cause the way he talked to her or manhandled her EVERYTIME she didn't agree with him. The amount of times I had to read some version of "he graped my hand/arm painfully", to the point where everytime she did disagree with him I FELT nervous about his reaction. That shit isn't romantic.
So no, I didn't feel any chemistry between them. I didn't want them together. I want him far far far away from her. I don't even want this man in the book.
Like I said, I will continue. Cause I loved the found family (and I'm mad that we lost two of the really good ones), and I have so much hope for more Soren. Soren could safe this series for me. Cause with Soren, you know, maybe Rhya could actually learn something about her abilities, maybe HE would let her train instead of pretty much locking her away. I feel like the two-ish chapters we got of him, he was actually helpful.
I think I never in my life wanted a third act break up as much as with this story. I also never ever in my life wanted a third act break up to stick. But apparently ...
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Oh boy. OH BOY.
Listen. I tried.
I think I never in my life wanted a third act break up as much as with this story. I also never ever in my life wanted a third act break up to stick. But apparently it helps if you are rich, stalk and shower the woman with gifts. And she's come around. You also don't have to change one bit, you can stay as toxic and controlling as you have always been, it will all be forgiven.
The only reasons this has 2.5 stars is the writing, I don't like what was written, but I enjoyed how it was written. And I also liked the mystery element of this and the reveals.
But the "love story" part of this was all kinds of yikes.
I need to know if the series and most importantly the men will get better, cause I don't think I can do this again, otherwise.
update: the more I think about the potential of the book and the excetution of it, I'm getting more and more pissed, so 2.5 stars. I'm petty.
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actual rating: 3.5
The thing about this book is that ...
update: the more I think about the potential of the book and the excetution of it, I'm getting more and more pissed, so 2.5 stars. I'm petty.
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actual rating: 3.5
The thing about this book is that I really enjoyed my time while I was reading it, and I was really sucked into the world. But now that I have finished it and sat a bit with my thoughts, I'm just okay about it.
I love the idea of a Mulan retelling, where she's doing it for selfish reasons, just to get away from her father, and the fate of being the wife of someone who is just as bad as he is. I ALSO really love the idea of this not having the Disney ending, where everything is all and well and people will get over the "but she's just a girl" real fast.
I think it's the love triangle at the end of the day that really was so damn unnecessary. And also just not believable. The relationship between Meilin and Sky just didn't do anything for me, not romantically, it worked much better in a platonic way. Meilin and Lei on the other hand. That's what I call chemistry. This better be endgame. (Also I need to see more of Autumn)
I really liked the magic in this.
And I really wanna see how the story continues in the next book, now that we are probably gonna move away from the Mulan story of it all. At least I think we are.
