Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
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lightreadsShadow and Bone (The Grisha Book 1)
3/5. Bland paint-by-numbers fantasy about the girl who is taken to court after discovering her hidden power that might save them all. Boy am I glad I read Six of Crows, Bardugo's fourth book, first. That one is complicated and scary. This one – her debut -- is derivative in the dull way, not the fun way. And it's never good when the love interest is in deathly peril and I start vigorously cheering for his death, because that could only improve things.
I mean, I guess it's a demonstration of how fast a person's writing can improve?
3/5. Bland paint-by-numbers fantasy about the girl who is taken to court after discovering her hidden power that might save them all. Boy am I glad I read Six of Crows, Bardugo's fourth book, first. That one is complicated and scary. This one – her debut -- is derivative in the dull way, not the fun way. And it's never good when the love interest is in deathly peril and I start vigorously cheering for his death, because that could only improve things.
I mean, I guess it's a demonstration of how fast a person's writing can improve?
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Date: 2016-06-05 05:06 pm (UTC)Yes, probably. And worse where it's a long series, as here, since often the whole trilogy or what have you will be at least drafted before the agent makes a sale.