*Sighs* Well, this is gonna be short... This was a "did not finish" aka, a DNF for me. I did give it until about 130 (maybe a few more?) pages in, but it fell short in a hurry for me. Read below (non-spoilery, as much as possible) to find out why.
P.S. I know, I know.. Some people are very anti-DNF, and they think you should give a book until all the way at the end to make your conclusions. If you are this such person, that's cool. But, that's just not me.
1. Characters: I felt nothing. I was not attached in any way, shape, form, or fashion to a single character in this novel (at least, not in those first pages).
2. Story: This is where I will be generous and bump my rating up a star just because I thought the premise of the story was super-interesting (You can read the full synopsis on Goodreads); however, I did not like the pacing and felt there was too little explanation of the classes/colors/bloods whatever they are. Nearly every paragraph contained terms that were ambiguous and left me scratching my head, wondering if I'd missed where it talked about what that was or what that meant.
3. Author's Writing Style: Yikes. I really wanted to like it. I really, really did. But it just didn't click for me! It was too wordy, too flat, and for lack of a better word, very "blah" to me. (I feel so guilty writing such negativity about written work. 😔)
4. Overall Rating: 2/5 Stars. This would have been a 1 star read since I couldn't even make myself finish it, but like I said, I thought the premise for the story was very interesting. However, it just didn't deliver.
5. If you're into sci-fi, although I don't recommend this particular novel (Feel free to give it a shot, though!), I do have some other recommendations below! Click each cover to visit their respective Goodreads pages and add them to your TBR.
P.S. I know, I know.. Some people are very anti-DNF, and they think you should give a book until all the way at the end to make your conclusions. If you are this such person, that's cool. But, that's just not me.
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| Click the cover to visit Red Rising's Goodreads page. |
2. Story: This is where I will be generous and bump my rating up a star just because I thought the premise of the story was super-interesting (You can read the full synopsis on Goodreads); however, I did not like the pacing and felt there was too little explanation of the classes/colors/bloods whatever they are. Nearly every paragraph contained terms that were ambiguous and left me scratching my head, wondering if I'd missed where it talked about what that was or what that meant.
3. Author's Writing Style: Yikes. I really wanted to like it. I really, really did. But it just didn't click for me! It was too wordy, too flat, and for lack of a better word, very "blah" to me. (I feel so guilty writing such negativity about written work. 😔)
4. Overall Rating: 2/5 Stars. This would have been a 1 star read since I couldn't even make myself finish it, but like I said, I thought the premise for the story was very interesting. However, it just didn't deliver.
5. If you're into sci-fi, although I don't recommend this particular novel (Feel free to give it a shot, though!), I do have some other recommendations below! Click each cover to visit their respective Goodreads pages and add them to your TBR.
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