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World building? What world building?

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-29-24

I bought this because a trusted reviewer and her husband (ifkyk) raved about it and I’ve aligned with her tastes otherwise but WOW was this one a surprise. Maybe the later books go more into world building, maybe they redeem the many many many casual threats of rape against the main character, maybe maybe maybe… Whatever redeeming qualities the rest of the books have, this one cannot keep my interest. The abject and absurd cruelty wielded against the main character and other enslaved characters is gruesomely described without any… is pay off an evil thing to want from it? It’s tone setting—set dressing—on a romantasy that doesn’t explore its world at all. It’s a truly baffling mix of being unromantic and unfantastical leaving me wondering why it was written at all. For the joy of torture scenes? For the off handed reference to rape every other chapter at the least? It’s not for lack of strong stomach or even that this content is particularly triggering for me (though not a cozy walk in the park to be clear) but that it lacks purpose other than to show that one character is comically evil just because that’s what’s in her soul I suppose. Don’t waste your time. Read something that commits to itself instead of this deeply uncomfortable mediocrity.

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At least I got it for free

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1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-12-24

The acting was monotonous, the story was predictable and bland, the world needed way more detail, the prose was repetitive at best, the characters had no chemistry and no wonder considering they didn’t have much personality to react with each other in the first place… I bought this as part of the 2 for 1 credit deal in October 2024 and I’m counting this as the free title for my own sanity.

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Confusingly bad?

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1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-14-21

If you are expecting a legitimate ghost story set in Latin America, go read Mexican Gothic. If you want a sloppy mess of half baked plot points, here is the book for you! What could have been a deep and interesting look at Argentine politics in the 1970’s, leftist action, colonialism, and grief is instead an entirely different story with the previous points as set dressing.

SPOILERS AHEAD

This story is about a boy who falls in love with his mother’s avatar in a video game designed for players to haunt, terrorize, and mutilate in game characters (9 of which are 12-13 year old girls with programmed abusive backgrounds) for the purpose of telling a myth. The characters in the school are fabrications whose backgrounds don’t matter despite most of them having detailed histories of abuse.

The novel reads as a rambling mess of half formed ideas and plot points running into each other without forethought or consideration.

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Fantastic Performance

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-21-20

The performance by Stephanie Racine was perfect. She brought the story to life and gave so much to her roles. Narrators don’t normally put in such a talented and nuanced performance as Stephanie Racine has here. One of the greatest narrators I’ve heard.

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