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A review by alyram4
Castle of Lies by Kiersi Burkhart
Did not finish book.
2.5/5 stars
I could not or the life of me get into this book. I kept trying and trying, bit this just was way too...boring? I'm not sure if that's the word I'm lookong for, but it's as close as I can get. There's just so much going on, constant switching of POV, tons of new rules and subplots being added in. Don't even get me started on the loose ends. So many unanswered questions that SHOULD be answered, tons of subplots that lead to nothing, the character development needing more work... It all just adds up to a big mess. I noticed within the first 5 chapters that there was going to be tona of imformation being jammed into this book. There needs to be a lot more revising and editing to be done in orser for it to become coherent and more entertaining, in a way. LGBTQ+ representation...exists. I'd say if you have this aspect in a book, make it count. In this book though...let's just say that the LGBTQ+ aspects took a backseat and weren't explored much, if at all. Might as well not include it and the story would still be the same.
I don't see myself getting a finished copy unless I see that there's been major improvements done. Possibly a library borrow, but definitely not buy. There's a very specific audience for this, and unfortunately it's not me.
ARC received by the publisher through NetGalley for free in exchange for an honest review.
I could not or the life of me get into this book. I kept trying and trying, bit this just was way too...boring? I'm not sure if that's the word I'm lookong for, but it's as close as I can get. There's just so much going on, constant switching of POV, tons of new rules and subplots being added in. Don't even get me started on the loose ends. So many unanswered questions that SHOULD be answered, tons of subplots that lead to nothing, the character development needing more work... It all just adds up to a big mess. I noticed within the first 5 chapters that there was going to be tona of imformation being jammed into this book. There needs to be a lot more revising and editing to be done in orser for it to become coherent and more entertaining, in a way. LGBTQ+ representation...exists. I'd say if you have this aspect in a book, make it count. In this book though...let's just say that the LGBTQ+ aspects took a backseat and weren't explored much, if at all. Might as well not include it and the story would still be the same.
I don't see myself getting a finished copy unless I see that there's been major improvements done. Possibly a library borrow, but definitely not buy. There's a very specific audience for this, and unfortunately it's not me.
ARC received by the publisher through NetGalley for free in exchange for an honest review.