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A review by chuckstafer
Hum by Helen Phillips
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
So this novel was a miss for me. It absolutely had promise, but really missed the mark on nailed down a major event that served as the catalyst for the story.
The prose felt very choppy, with each sentence being very short and direct and the overall tone of the novel felt pretty robotic because of that.
I would have loved to have read a bit more background on the world, how the HUMs became so prevalent and some other details that would have lent a bit of weight to the story as well. It felt like the reader is just plopped down in the middle of a story that has already started and there is nothing to catch you up.
Overall the novel felt very rushed and the major event that was the subject of the synopsis took up 2 short chapters so the rest of the novel felt a bit rushed and irrelevant. Just not a novel I could really connect with unfortunately.
The prose felt very choppy, with each sentence being very short and direct and the overall tone of the novel felt pretty robotic because of that.
I would have loved to have read a bit more background on the world, how the HUMs became so prevalent and some other details that would have lent a bit of weight to the story as well. It felt like the reader is just plopped down in the middle of a story that has already started and there is nothing to catch you up.
Overall the novel felt very rushed and the major event that was the subject of the synopsis took up 2 short chapters so the rest of the novel felt a bit rushed and irrelevant. Just not a novel I could really connect with unfortunately.