Truthfully my selection of books this year did not come off strong, not to say the books I decided to read were terrible (well, one was) but I was thinking perhaps I lost my ability to enjoy reading and getting lost in a book. It didn’t help I started off with a book that was incredibly popular on social media, so expectations were pretty high only to fall pretty flat.
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Book 1 of the ACOTAR series and probably the last book of that series I will read. Growing up I was a huge fan of fantasy. Give 13 year old me a book with magic, mythical creatures, and adventure and I would drink it up faster than a glass of water after a year lost in a desert. So hearing about ACOTAR and how great it was was an exciting start. Unfortunately I was struggling to get through it. It felt juvenile, like a writing assignment for a 7th grade english class. There was very little to no character development and the story telling was, meh. (I kept hearing about smut, and it was very again, childish and rather unnecessary really. I don’t know, either go all in with the smut or elegantly leave something to the imagination. Juvenile/poor story telling). This isn’t to say that the rest of Maas’s books are bad, I am only basing my review on the one book I read of her’s. Because I have so many books on my list, I don’t want to waste my time reading more of the series unfortunately. I know there is a huge fanbase and it has brought many newfound joy of not only the fantasy genre but reading in general. So definitely give it a try. Just perhaps have very low expectations.
| Characters ( /10) | 5 |
| Atmosphere/setting ( /10) | 5 |
| Writing Style ( /10) | 0 |
| Plot ( /10) | 3 |
| Intrigue ( /10) | 0 |
| Logic/Relationships ( /10) | 3 |
| Enjoyment ( /10) | 0 |
| TOTAL CAWPILE SCORE ( /70) | 16 |
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