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Helpful Score: 2
I was going to give this book 2 stars, but opted for 3 stars thanks to the last chapter alone. It totally reignited my interest in the characters, and the universe they live in. Now I really want to read the next book in the series in hopes of getting answers to some of the questions that arose from the ending of this novel.
The best part of this book is by far the introductions to each chapter. They were excerpts from the private diaries, biographies, or history books of the characters or the universe. What a fantastic idea that allowed the author to provide extra information to the reader without slowing the pace of the novel. Sadly though, with half of the chapters their introductions were more interesting that their contents.
Thursday got on my nerves, Landen pulled at my heart, Spike grabbed my interest, and Bowden was completely forgettable. There were SO MANY characters keeping them all straight was just impossible, and frankly wasn't a priority.
All of the allusions, citings, and debates over various pieces of literature were interesting but slowed the pace of the book to an absolute crawl.
All in all I think I also would have enjoyed this book much more if the main plot had not revolved around the novel 'Jane Eyre' since I really dislike that book. If it had been Pride and Prejudice I would have been turning the pages feverishly. So maybe my boredom with this book stemmed mostly from that.
The best part of this book is by far the introductions to each chapter. They were excerpts from the private diaries, biographies, or history books of the characters or the universe. What a fantastic idea that allowed the author to provide extra information to the reader without slowing the pace of the novel. Sadly though, with half of the chapters their introductions were more interesting that their contents.
Thursday got on my nerves, Landen pulled at my heart, Spike grabbed my interest, and Bowden was completely forgettable. There were SO MANY characters keeping them all straight was just impossible, and frankly wasn't a priority.
All of the allusions, citings, and debates over various pieces of literature were interesting but slowed the pace of the book to an absolute crawl.
All in all I think I also would have enjoyed this book much more if the main plot had not revolved around the novel 'Jane Eyre' since I really dislike that book. If it had been Pride and Prejudice I would have been turning the pages feverishly. So maybe my boredom with this book stemmed mostly from that.
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