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Fable by Adrienne Young
3.0
This book was really unique and interesting. The world was really cool, and it reminded me a lot of the ruthless world of the Exploration Age in history. The problem's I had varied from weak characters, weird small plot holes, and the romance.
The side characters in here had little page personality, and it felt like some characters came into the plot, only for convenience, or villainy. I finished the book 20 minutes ago, and I don't remember the male side characters names. You know why? Because we didn't hardly see them at all.
There were also really weird plot holes in here too. It stated (at least I'm 90% sure) that Fable was 14 when she was dropped off on the small island, but in the flashbacks she acted like a small child. She also always called herself a "little girl", or "I'm not that same little girl anymore". You know, basically what people say when they're being dramatic about the past. It felt weird, and well, what it was. A plot hole. There was also this weird plot hole with Fable's dad. Not going to go to much into that, because ✨spoilers✨, but it was such an odd plot hole to miss.
And the romance, I don't think I like it. The whole relationships that Fable formed in fact, I didn't really like. The people on the Marigold hated Fable from the moment she set her feet on the ship. Then it was like a switch was flipped and POOF everyone likes her now. This was the problem, really with West (the love interest). He is kind of a douche if I'm putting it lightly. And the romance felt really forced between them, I didn't like it. In other words, Fable had 0 chemistry with any of these characters, and her West had negative chemistry. They just didn’t fit together. And maybe they could have, but we didn’t see them together enough for me to root for them. We didn’t see the development in their relationship, so I didn’t really feel anything towards it except repulse.
But the ending, the ending was the most interesting part of this book. See, the ending intrigued me, and I'm definitely going to pick up the sequel. Was pretty disappointed by this book though, especially since everyone has been raving about it for the last few months here.
The side characters in here had little page personality, and it felt like some characters came into the plot, only for convenience, or villainy. I finished the book 20 minutes ago, and I don't remember the male side characters names. You know why? Because we didn't hardly see them at all.
There were also really weird plot holes in here too. It stated (at least I'm 90% sure) that Fable was 14 when she was dropped off on the small island, but in the flashbacks she acted like a small child. She also always called herself a "little girl", or "I'm not that same little girl anymore". You know, basically what people say when they're being dramatic about the past. It felt weird, and well, what it was. A plot hole. There was also this weird plot hole with Fable's dad. Not going to go to much into that, because ✨spoilers✨, but it was such an odd plot hole to miss.
And the romance, I don't think I like it. The whole relationships that Fable formed in fact, I didn't really like. The people on the Marigold hated Fable from the moment she set her feet on the ship. Then it was like a switch was flipped and POOF everyone likes her now. This was the problem, really with West (the love interest). He is kind of a douche if I'm putting it lightly. And the romance felt really forced between them, I didn't like it. In other words, Fable had 0 chemistry with any of these characters, and her West had negative chemistry. They just didn’t fit together. And maybe they could have, but we didn’t see them together enough for me to root for them. We didn’t see the development in their relationship, so I didn’t really feel anything towards it except repulse.
But the ending, the ending was the most interesting part of this book. See, the ending intrigued me, and I'm definitely going to pick up the sequel. Was pretty disappointed by this book though, especially since everyone has been raving about it for the last few months here.