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A review by booktalkwithrae
The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-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? No
2.0
I didn’t go into this book with high expectations, and yet I still didn’t really enjoy it. Overall, this book just felt boring. I felt the characters to be very flat and by the time anything interesting to start started to happen I already lost my investment in the characters and the story.
I think the biggest struggle I had with this book was the world. There was multiple POV‘s in this book and so jumping from different points of views in a world that I’ve never experienced it made it very difficult to envision the world in my head and understand the rules And culture of the world.
The pacing was very slow, and there were a few characters that were interesting, but as mentioned before because it was multiple point of view, there were many times where I would try to skim through a chapter because I didn’t really care about that character. The romance was decent, but because I was not invested in the characters the romance didn’t hit in the feels, like I want a romance to do.
Overall, this book just fell flat for me, and I will not be continuing with the series.
Thank you too Penguin Teen Canada for providing me and eARC in exchange for an honest review.
I think the biggest struggle I had with this book was the world. There was multiple POV‘s in this book and so jumping from different points of views in a world that I’ve never experienced it made it very difficult to envision the world in my head and understand the rules And culture of the world.
The pacing was very slow, and there were a few characters that were interesting, but as mentioned before because it was multiple point of view, there were many times where I would try to skim through a chapter because I didn’t really care about that character. The romance was decent, but because I was not invested in the characters the romance didn’t hit in the feels, like I want a romance to do.
Overall, this book just fell flat for me, and I will not be continuing with the series.
Thank you too Penguin Teen Canada for providing me and eARC in exchange for an honest review.