I heard an interview with the author on the radio which included an excerpt from the book, from the part about why galleries and museums favor white wI heard an interview with the author on the radio which included an excerpt from the book, from the part about why galleries and museums favor white walls, and it struck me as being quite anthropological. Needless to say, I was immediately intrigued. But, when I finally started the book, I realized the majority of it was very much not what I'd imagined based on the little taste I'd gotten, and I was not interested in what this actually is. Disappointing, but I guess it goes to show you should do a little more research before diving into a book......more
I dnfed this pretty quickly - they got me with the gorgeous special edition and the fact that this was a not a debut, what I didn’t realize was that iI dnfed this pretty quickly - they got me with the gorgeous special edition and the fact that this was a not a debut, what I didn’t realize was that it was this author’s FICTION debut and boy does it show Reading this is like if Guy Ritchie was tasked with applying the style and humor of his criminal movies (Lock Stock, Snatch, etc) to Joe Abercrombie’s The Heroes, only, instead of Abercrombies complex and intricately crafted characters, it’s stock characters and you only get the perspective of the Northmen and it’s about the start of The Hundred Years‘ War so you know how things generally will go and the characters are not interesting or believable enough to stick around for…...more
Dnf at 30-ish % Why? It feels like one of those books that the author is like “oh look at all these adjectives, my writing is SO good guys, let’s sprinkDnf at 30-ish % Why? It feels like one of those books that the author is like “oh look at all these adjectives, my writing is SO good guys, let’s sprinkle in some more adjectives….hmmmm maybe some metaphors, a few similes, yes….a bit more….good, yes…my writing is so brilliant, okay let’s be cheeky and address the reader directly with some illogical nonsense cuz that’s artistic….” Good characters? Good story? Eh, who needs ‘em. I simply do not care about what is happening and there is no question I need answered that would compel me to keep reading. My life is too short to waste any more time on this… ...more
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