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A review by bluebeereads
Acne, Asthma, And Other Signs You Might Be Half Dragon by Rena Rocford
Did not finish book.
Istyria book blog ~ A World of Enchanted Books
DNF at 12%
I promised myself a while ago to not DNF books that much anymore because negative reviews are just part of the life of a book blogger. (That and they can be kind of fun...) But I can't continue this book. I don't want to read it anymore and I don't want to spend my time on it while I could be reading something else, something better. But I have a list of reasons! And none of these are spoilers since it's all in the first two chapters. SIGH.
~ Everything happens too fast. I think. We get so much info in chapter 1 without getting any at all. What I mean with that is that the MC finds out what she is & what her best friend is, she breaths fire without any real build-up to it and is attacked by people wanting to kill her. And all that while I still don't know WHO she is as a character. All I found out in the first two chapters was that she's she's vain and stupid and dumb and half dragon. (I'll come back to that later.) There is zero build up here. None, zilch, nada. I want to find out more who the MC is before the big reveals come. I want to connect with her first. Now I'm left with an MC whose name I don't remember.
~ The writing is incredibly meh. I didn't care for it, as you might have noticed earlier. I know I only read the first two chapters, but I expect a little more development in my characters and a little world building. You know, set up the story so I can get swept away and fall in love with it. Nope, didn't get that.
~ I got the alarming info that unicorns are jerks and sparkle like vampires. SAY WHAT? First off, unicorns aren't jerks. They're magical, beautiful beings. And second, VAMPIRES DO NOT SPARKLE. Also, I find the notion that one can be half troll or half unicorn just plain stupid. Sorry, but I just don't buy that.
~ The MC is insufferable. I don't know that much about who she is, more what she is, but that's enough. She's vain and stupid. Vain because acne is a disgrace to her so she smears a ton of make-up on her face every day to hide it. YEAH I'M SURE THAT'S GOOD FOR YOUR SKIN AND WILL HELP WITH THE ACNE. She also says that writing with chalk on a chalkboard in school equals the Stone Age, which... whut? Oh and you'd think YAY DIVERSITY upon hearing that she's half Irish & half Japanese but NOPE because she's, in her words, a reject from a Geisha convention. So we're not celebrating diversity here, people, move along!
~ What I expected to get from this book was a fantastical adventure with some humor. Honestly, my expectations weren't that high! Look at that title and that way-too-gorgeous cover and tell me you wouldn't expect the same thing. It's misleading and maybe this is harsh, but this book doesn't seem like it deserves a cover that pretty. All I thought while reading it until I gave up was "What the flying flipping fudge is this?" GAH.
So yeah, suffice to say this was disappointing. And none of this is a spoiler to me since it's all in the first 12%. For those of you that wanted to read this, don't. Or do, maybe you like it? I don't know. It's up to you, really.
DNF at 12%
I promised myself a while ago to not DNF books that much anymore because negative reviews are just part of the life of a book blogger. (That and they can be kind of fun...) But I can't continue this book. I don't want to read it anymore and I don't want to spend my time on it while I could be reading something else, something better. But I have a list of reasons! And none of these are spoilers since it's all in the first two chapters. SIGH.
~ Everything happens too fast. I think. We get so much info in chapter 1 without getting any at all. What I mean with that is that the MC finds out what she is & what her best friend is, she breaths fire without any real build-up to it and is attacked by people wanting to kill her. And all that while I still don't know WHO she is as a character. All I found out in the first two chapters was that she's she's vain and stupid and dumb and half dragon. (I'll come back to that later.) There is zero build up here. None, zilch, nada. I want to find out more who the MC is before the big reveals come. I want to connect with her first. Now I'm left with an MC whose name I don't remember.
~ The writing is incredibly meh. I didn't care for it, as you might have noticed earlier. I know I only read the first two chapters, but I expect a little more development in my characters and a little world building. You know, set up the story so I can get swept away and fall in love with it. Nope, didn't get that.
~ I got the alarming info that unicorns are jerks and sparkle like vampires. SAY WHAT? First off, unicorns aren't jerks. They're magical, beautiful beings. And second, VAMPIRES DO NOT SPARKLE. Also, I find the notion that one can be half troll or half unicorn just plain stupid. Sorry, but I just don't buy that.
~ The MC is insufferable. I don't know that much about who she is, more what she is, but that's enough. She's vain and stupid. Vain because acne is a disgrace to her so she smears a ton of make-up on her face every day to hide it. YEAH I'M SURE THAT'S GOOD FOR YOUR SKIN AND WILL HELP WITH THE ACNE. She also says that writing with chalk on a chalkboard in school equals the Stone Age, which... whut? Oh and you'd think YAY DIVERSITY upon hearing that she's half Irish & half Japanese but NOPE because she's, in her words, a reject from a Geisha convention. So we're not celebrating diversity here, people, move along!
~ What I expected to get from this book was a fantastical adventure with some humor. Honestly, my expectations weren't that high! Look at that title and that way-too-gorgeous cover and tell me you wouldn't expect the same thing. It's misleading and maybe this is harsh, but this book doesn't seem like it deserves a cover that pretty. All I thought while reading it until I gave up was "What the flying flipping fudge is this?" GAH.
So yeah, suffice to say this was disappointing. And none of this is a spoiler to me since it's all in the first 12%. For those of you that wanted to read this, don't. Or do, maybe you like it? I don't know. It's up to you, really.