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A review by bethpeninger
House of Shadows by Nicola Cornick
Thank you to NetGalley and Graydon House for this reader's copy. In exchange, I am providing an honest review.
Well. I made it to 15% before calling it quits. Getting to 10% was a struggle so I feel like I was rather generous in 1) getting to 10% and then 2) going beyond to 15% in an effort to give the book more of a chance. I just didn't care about this story or the three women connected throughout time by a mysterious pearl and mirror. From the very first sentence, I knew it wasn't going to be a book I would be able to engage with. Cornick's style felt clunky and tedious to me. It felt like the story, and the characters, were being held back by something indefinable. I read the introductory story of all three women in hopes that maybe one of them would pique my curiosity enough to keep on but they didn't so I decided to move on. This title gets pretty high ratings over at Goodreads but I can't contribute to them.
Well. I made it to 15% before calling it quits. Getting to 10% was a struggle so I feel like I was rather generous in 1) getting to 10% and then 2) going beyond to 15% in an effort to give the book more of a chance. I just didn't care about this story or the three women connected throughout time by a mysterious pearl and mirror. From the very first sentence, I knew it wasn't going to be a book I would be able to engage with. Cornick's style felt clunky and tedious to me. It felt like the story, and the characters, were being held back by something indefinable. I read the introductory story of all three women in hopes that maybe one of them would pique my curiosity enough to keep on but they didn't so I decided to move on. This title gets pretty high ratings over at Goodreads but I can't contribute to them.