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A review by voxvenati
Birds of Paradise by Anne Malcom
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
This book lured me in with a good cover and an interesting premise. It didn’t deliver.
The first bit of the book was fair. It set up some interesting dynamics and tension. But it did not follow through.
The grammar was awful, there were so many edgy lines, and the “plot” went nowhere. So much was boring repetition. “Twists” were attempted, but there was no set up, so they ultimately fell flat. The end of the book was anticlimactic. Felt like it was setting up for an epilogue, but there was none…
Also GDT did not deserve this. Leave him alone.
To sum up the book with a quote from the book:
The first bit of the book was fair. It set up some interesting dynamics and tension. But it did not follow through.
The grammar was awful, there were so many edgy lines, and the “plot” went nowhere. So much was boring repetition. “Twists” were attempted, but there was no set up, so they ultimately fell flat. The end of the book was anticlimactic. Felt like it was setting up for an epilogue, but there was none…
Also GDT did not deserve this. Leave him alone.
To sum up the book with a quote from the book:
“I don’t want any more self-depreciation about weakness,” he interrupted. “We’ve had enough of that.”