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forfictionssake's review
2.0
Jemma can touch someone's skin and see a vision of their death. Because of this for the last ten years she's lived a mundane life and does everything she can to avoid touching people. While walking home, she accidentally sees a vision of a woman getting murdered and tries and fails to warn the woman. Thinking she should try and put the murderer behind bars, Jemma reaches out to the police station about her visions and ends up part of a supernatural police force.
I really enjoyed the idea of this book, but The Soul Catcher just fell a bit flat for me? I honestly think this book would have benefited immensely from more substance. The love interests wouldn't have seemed too rushed and the plot would have been able to be better explained. I would really enjoy to see a full length novel with this plot, but less of the passing out and throwing up that the heroine does.
I'm assuming with that ending that more will come? The ending was left decently open for more to come.
I give it about 2.5 stars because it was interesting enough for a novella, but really would have benefitted immensely with a full length book.
*Ebook kindly provided by the publisher/author via Netgalley in exchange for honest review*
I really enjoyed the idea of this book, but The Soul Catcher just fell a bit flat for me? I honestly think this book would have benefited immensely from more substance. The love interests wouldn't have seemed too rushed and the plot would have been able to be better explained. I would really enjoy to see a full length novel with this plot, but less of the passing out and throwing up that the heroine does.
I'm assuming with that ending that more will come? The ending was left decently open for more to come.
I give it about 2.5 stars because it was interesting enough for a novella, but really would have benefitted immensely with a full length book.
*Ebook kindly provided by the publisher/author via Netgalley in exchange for honest review*
nightingale's review
2.0
Full review:https://thesnowbookhollow.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/the-soul-catcher-by-rowanne-carberry/
No. No. No.
Okay listen, I like psychic books as much as the next person but this book was just, you guessed it, no.
It's about a woman who can see when people will die if she touches them and if they are close to dying. She can also see ghosts.
Okay, so far you are like,
"What's the problem Snow, this sounds cool?"
Wait! I'm not done.
Jemma is basically recruited by a Psychic CIA and she is forced to relive horrific images of people being murdered by a bossy pants detective.Why?
BECAUSE HE SAYS SO!
In hope that it would help them save some lives. When in honesty her suffering was useless and had no effect what so ever to her strengths and capabilities. It was just mental torture with the hope that the main character would seem strong. Instead, she complained. Complained about everything. I mean being tortured does suck, I'll admit, but you know what sucks more? Me having to read for pages and pages how much you are suffering. I get it. It's bad.
Snow is already reading that you are being tortured and the suffering you are going through is emphasized through the entire book you don't have to tell Snow again how bad it really is, Snow gets it. It's bad.
Metaphor:
It was like watching one of those plays where all the actors are trying too hard. The romance scene is screaming at you to feel the romance. The depressing scenes are yelling at you to cry.
Honestly, it was over dramatic and just confusing. I'm still not sure if it had a sad ending or a happy ending.
I am changing it up. I am not giving reasons why I liked it or did not like it. I'm a rebel now.
No. No. No.
Okay listen, I like psychic books as much as the next person but this book was just, you guessed it, no.
It's about a woman who can see when people will die if she touches them and if they are close to dying. She can also see ghosts.
Okay, so far you are like,
"What's the problem Snow, this sounds cool?"
Wait! I'm not done.
Jemma is basically recruited by a Psychic CIA and she is forced to relive horrific images of people being murdered by a bossy pants detective.Why?
BECAUSE HE SAYS SO!
In hope that it would help them save some lives. When in honesty her suffering was useless and had no effect what so ever to her strengths and capabilities. It was just mental torture with the hope that the main character would seem strong. Instead, she complained. Complained about everything. I mean being tortured does suck, I'll admit, but you know what sucks more? Me having to read for pages and pages how much you are suffering. I get it. It's bad.
Snow is already reading that you are being tortured and the suffering you are going through is emphasized through the entire book you don't have to tell Snow again how bad it really is, Snow gets it. It's bad.
Metaphor:
It was like watching one of those plays where all the actors are trying too hard. The romance scene is screaming at you to feel the romance. The depressing scenes are yelling at you to cry.
Honestly, it was over dramatic and just confusing. I'm still not sure if it had a sad ending or a happy ending.
I am changing it up. I am not giving reasons why I liked it or did not like it. I'm a rebel now.
lisaeliza's review
1.0
This book was so disappointing. It felt very rushed, there was no time or care given to character development or the plot or the relationships. It felt like it was written very quickly in order to finish it but it wasn't finished by any means.
I think if the author used this as a skeleton, it could be fleshed out into a good, solid book.
I think if the author used this as a skeleton, it could be fleshed out into a good, solid book.
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