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A review by misterrious
Dead Petals-An Apocalypse by Eric Ortlund
1.0
I received this book through Netgalley.
Unfortunately, I finished this book. I realize that it must be a difficult thing, writing a book. You have to think about plots and characters and conversations, so I don't like dissing books really, but this was bad. Definitely on my top 10 worst book ever read.
When I was a teenager, I got my wisdom teeth out. After I was done, still loopy from the anesthetic, my mother put me in the car and drove home. Unbeknownst to me, we had had major flooding in our county and she was finding it difficult to find a road home that wasn't flooded. So, I would wake up out of my fogginess and find that we were in a town nowhere near home. I would fade back into unconsciousness and when I awoke again, for a few seconds, would see that we were on the opposite side of the county. I was so disoriented and had no idea what was going on. That's how I felt reading this book.
The writing and conversations were disjointed. The plot was weird and tried too hard. The characters were very flat and I wish they'd all die for Pete's sake. One of my favourite authors is Sherri S. Tepper. She has a way of writing stories that are weird yet compelling and although I hate it when stories have an underlying motive, hers make sense. This did not. I think it kind of has potential, maybe, with a really pushy editor. But the plot was boring, so, maybe not.
Unfortunately, I finished this book. I realize that it must be a difficult thing, writing a book. You have to think about plots and characters and conversations, so I don't like dissing books really, but this was bad. Definitely on my top 10 worst book ever read.
When I was a teenager, I got my wisdom teeth out. After I was done, still loopy from the anesthetic, my mother put me in the car and drove home. Unbeknownst to me, we had had major flooding in our county and she was finding it difficult to find a road home that wasn't flooded. So, I would wake up out of my fogginess and find that we were in a town nowhere near home. I would fade back into unconsciousness and when I awoke again, for a few seconds, would see that we were on the opposite side of the county. I was so disoriented and had no idea what was going on. That's how I felt reading this book.
The writing and conversations were disjointed. The plot was weird and tried too hard. The characters were very flat and I wish they'd all die for Pete's sake. One of my favourite authors is Sherri S. Tepper. She has a way of writing stories that are weird yet compelling and although I hate it when stories have an underlying motive, hers make sense. This did not. I think it kind of has potential, maybe, with a really pushy editor. But the plot was boring, so, maybe not.