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A review by marie_thereadingotter
The Judas Blossom by Stephen Aryan
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I received this book from NetGalley for review
I liked it overall, but I really struggled with the pacing for much of the book. I feel like this is a trend with me and historical fantasy, the pacing is just a touch too slow for me in most of them.
This book took a long time to really grasp me, as previously stated, the pacing killed this book for me. I struggled to get and stay invested in things. There are multiple POVs in this book, but the narration all sounded the same so if had to stop reading halfway through a chapter, I'd forget whose POV I was reading for a bit.
There was nothing 'wrong' with this book other than it just not being for me. Not sure what it was exactly, could be as simple as the writing style didn't work for me.
It's taken me a while to collect my thoughts enough to write something, and I just don't have a whole lot to say. This book was just fine for me.
I liked it overall, but I really struggled with the pacing for much of the book. I feel like this is a trend with me and historical fantasy, the pacing is just a touch too slow for me in most of them.
This book took a long time to really grasp me, as previously stated, the pacing killed this book for me. I struggled to get and stay invested in things. There are multiple POVs in this book, but the narration all sounded the same so if had to stop reading halfway through a chapter, I'd forget whose POV I was reading for a bit.
There was nothing 'wrong' with this book other than it just not being for me. Not sure what it was exactly, could be as simple as the writing style didn't work for me.
It's taken me a while to collect my thoughts enough to write something, and I just don't have a whole lot to say. This book was just fine for me.