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A review by shona_reads_in_devon
The Witches of Vardø by Anya Bergman
3.0
I think 3 is a bit stingy and this is more a 3.5 really.
There are some real pacing issues in this novel and it drags in places which made me feel like I was wading through it at times. Characters were engaging and the general idea is sound and worthy of a story.
But as it laboriously got towards the crescendo, it fell apart a bit. All the interesting parts happened in the last 100 or so pages but equally it kind of undid itself.
I liked the setting, the characters were strong and you could get behind them. The male characters were a bit two dimensional but many of the female characters were well presented.
All in all, it was fine.
There are some real pacing issues in this novel and it drags in places which made me feel like I was wading through it at times. Characters were engaging and the general idea is sound and worthy of a story.
But as it laboriously got towards the crescendo, it fell apart a bit. All the interesting parts happened in the last 100 or so pages but equally it kind of undid itself.
I liked the setting, the characters were strong and you could get behind them. The male characters were a bit two dimensional but many of the female characters were well presented.
All in all, it was fine.