Nothing about the worldbuilding was making sense to me. It was shallow, poorly explained and the multi POV’s were taking away from the only DNF at 60%
Nothing about the worldbuilding was making sense to me. It was shallow, poorly explained and the multi POV’s were taking away from the only interesting— to me— storyline, which was Lin’s.
And yes, I’m very sad cause I thought this one would be a 5 star read for me. Brb while I mourn my loss....more
I wanted to love this book so bad because of the hype surrounding the Grishaverse but it wasn't for me. The premise of the story sounded gDNF'd at 52%
I wanted to love this book so bad because of the hype surrounding the Grishaverse but it wasn't for me. The premise of the story sounded good enough going in, and I do think the world Leigh Bardugo has built is interesting. However, I don't think YA is the age group for this particular story.
Every scene where powers were being used felt incredibly cheesy and lacking description. Alina felt like your typical YA protagonist from the 2010's era and the Darkling had so much potential that what we got until the point I read was really disappointing. Everything about the "world building" in this book was giving me Adult vibes and the YA writing was killing it for me. ...more
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