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A review by saarnetar
The Edinburgh Seer by Alisha Klapheke
1.0
There are some minor spoilers here, but nothing too big.
I'm not quite sure if I should give this book one or two stars. I gave two, only because I did finish reading it.
My biggest issue with the book was the characters. I felt they were quite flat. I didn't feel attached to them at all. If the main character would have died in the middle of the book, I wouldn't have cared. The only character that felt a little bit deeper was Myles.
Another issue was the world building. When the story starts, it says it's year 2017. Some things do indicate if as well. But some things during the book, feel like they were from centuries ago. And these things were not mixed well enough to feel believable. I had really hard time imagining how the world was.
The writing could have been better too. There were parts where I just felt confused because of the writing, not quite sure what was happening. Some parts were getting lots of attention, even too much and even repeating, and then some scenes, actions, were over before they even started. For example, once Aini's phone rings. She then starts to talk. There's no indication that she actually answered the phone. Just that it rings. Also, when Aini finds the secret room in the lab, there's no reaction from her part. She finds it and goes in. Just like that. She's not surprised, she doesn't show any emotion, nothing. When Thane escapes the barn where the rebellions were, he leaves by riding a horse. The horse was just suddenly there. Out of the blue. Because he needs it. Little things like these really irritates me
Also, everyone pressing their fist against their mouth, what was with that?!
I have the other books too, the rest of the trilogy, but I doubt I will read them, sorry.
I'm not quite sure if I should give this book one or two stars. I gave two, only because I did finish reading it.
My biggest issue with the book was the characters. I felt they were quite flat. I didn't feel attached to them at all. If the main character would have died in the middle of the book, I wouldn't have cared. The only character that felt a little bit deeper was Myles.
Another issue was the world building. When the story starts, it says it's year 2017. Some things do indicate if as well. But some things during the book, feel like they were from centuries ago. And these things were not mixed well enough to feel believable. I had really hard time imagining how the world was.
The writing could have been better too. There were parts where I just felt confused because of the writing, not quite sure what was happening. Some parts were getting lots of attention, even too much and even repeating, and then some scenes, actions, were over before they even started. For example, once Aini's phone rings. She then starts to talk. There's no indication that she actually answered the phone. Just that it rings. Also, when Aini finds the secret room in the lab, there's no reaction from her part. She finds it and goes in. Just like that. She's not surprised, she doesn't show any emotion, nothing. When Thane escapes the barn where the rebellions were, he leaves by riding a horse. The horse was just suddenly there. Out of the blue. Because he needs it. Little things like these really irritates me
Also, everyone pressing their fist against their mouth, what was with that?!
I have the other books too, the rest of the trilogy, but I doubt I will read them, sorry.