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A review by nicholeb84
Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
2.0
Silver Phoenix is a novel that has been sitting on my bookcase for several years. I’ll admit I bought it right around the time of the cover change; mostly because I wanted the original cover. The story was secondary to why I bought it. Though, it did sound like a fun and exciting read.
This novel read like it didn’t know what it wanted to be in life. Was it a straight adventure wuxia? A paranormal romance? A supernatural action story? All of the above? Maybe. But, it didn’t feel like a mix of all these things. It felt like a mixed bag; like a soup made out of odds and ends.
The characters were also an issue for me. They were all nice and no one bothered me. However, I didn’t really care about any of them. They were just sort of there – being what the story needed them to be when the narrative required it.
In a lot of ways this story felt like a second or third draft, and not the finished story. 2/5 stars.
This novel read like it didn’t know what it wanted to be in life. Was it a straight adventure wuxia? A paranormal romance? A supernatural action story? All of the above? Maybe. But, it didn’t feel like a mix of all these things. It felt like a mixed bag; like a soup made out of odds and ends.
The characters were also an issue for me. They were all nice and no one bothered me. However, I didn’t really care about any of them. They were just sort of there – being what the story needed them to be when the narrative required it.
In a lot of ways this story felt like a second or third draft, and not the finished story. 2/5 stars.