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A review by dilchh
A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston
2.0
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again; I love retelling. It is my guilty pleasure, because most often than not, retellings are disappointing to me, but I can never stop when I see one. Just last year, I had the unfortunate chance to read The Wrath and the Dawn and I have to say, I hated it. I hate everything about the book, from the protagonist’s voice, the “hey-let’s-help-the-damsel-in-distress” trope, the “woops-didn’t-plant-to-fall-in-love-with-you-because-I’m-a-strong-independent-woman-but-hey-here-we-are” trope; point is I hated it. That being said, I don’t know I tried really hard to get A Thousand Nights, because let’s get real here, there is a big possibility that I would hate the story much like I hate the oh so predictable trope of The Wrath and the Dawn.
But…. and it’s a bit but, this book has beautiful cover, and I am a sucker for beautiful cover, so I had it in my heart that I should at least give this book a try. Surely, it can’t be as infuriating as The Wrath and the Dawn. Right?
First off the bat, the story is nothing like The Wrath and the Dawn, and that’s why this book got an extra star than the former. I am so beyond thankful we don’t get this disgustingly boring “woops-didn’t-plant-to-fall-in-love-with-you-because-I’m-a-strong-independent-woman-but-hey-here-we-are”, and I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with falling in love, but really though? Your life is on the line and for some odd reason, you had the time to put love in there somewhere? I honestly never in the position of that, but surely I wouldn’t be give a hoot about love when my life is on the line. This book is more realistic, because there was never any mention about love blossoming, because let’s get real here people, if you’re on a constant fear of when you’re gonna die, surely falling in love with your soon to be murderer is the last thing on your mind.
But, this book was still disappointing for me, because it is too slow. So. Very. Slow. I almost gave up the book, only to keep on marching because I was almost to the finish and I am curious to see how it ends. The whole time we read this book, we went back and forth aout Lo-Melkhiin and the girl talk about her sister bla bla bla, and we get into some side story and a little peak on why Lo-Melkhiin killed those girls. It’s like it is all a promise of something big, and then…. poof.
Book ends.
Yeah sure we get a bit of a battle, but after trudging through the entire book full of talks here and there, I would want something a little bit more interesting. And I didn’t quite get it. Oh, and don’t get me started with the ending, I was clearly unhappy and I have so many questions, but I am trying to hold myself back here, because I really don’t want to give out spoilers. Bye.
But…. and it’s a bit but, this book has beautiful cover, and I am a sucker for beautiful cover, so I had it in my heart that I should at least give this book a try. Surely, it can’t be as infuriating as The Wrath and the Dawn. Right?
First off the bat, the story is nothing like The Wrath and the Dawn, and that’s why this book got an extra star than the former. I am so beyond thankful we don’t get this disgustingly boring “woops-didn’t-plant-to-fall-in-love-with-you-because-I’m-a-strong-independent-woman-but-hey-here-we-are”, and I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with falling in love, but really though? Your life is on the line and for some odd reason, you had the time to put love in there somewhere? I honestly never in the position of that, but surely I wouldn’t be give a hoot about love when my life is on the line. This book is more realistic, because there was never any mention about love blossoming, because let’s get real here people, if you’re on a constant fear of when you’re gonna die, surely falling in love with your soon to be murderer is the last thing on your mind.
But, this book was still disappointing for me, because it is too slow. So. Very. Slow. I almost gave up the book, only to keep on marching because I was almost to the finish and I am curious to see how it ends. The whole time we read this book, we went back and forth aout Lo-Melkhiin and the girl talk about her sister bla bla bla, and we get into some side story and a little peak on why Lo-Melkhiin killed those girls. It’s like it is all a promise of something big, and then…. poof.
Book ends.
Yeah sure we get a bit of a battle, but after trudging through the entire book full of talks here and there, I would want something a little bit more interesting. And I didn’t quite get it. Oh, and don’t get me started with the ending, I was clearly unhappy and I have so many questions, but I am trying to hold myself back here, because I really don’t want to give out spoilers. Bye.