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A review by laurenisallbooked
The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood
I'm not entirely sure I know what I just read.
On the one hand, I love this book for it's diverse representation of disabilities. A main character with chronic pain? SIGN ME UP. There's also a character on the spectrum who speaks entirely in Middle English, which is an incredible commitment on Greenwood's part.
I also enjoyed the seedy, troubled, self-proclaimed 'white trash' family drama and relations we all came to know and love in that other book.
This book also carried an element of nostalgia for that time in youth when you read magical/fantasy novels and wanted to be a knight/princess/lady of the lake, etc.
While I think Greenwood made great use of most of the multiple POV storytelling, I definitely think the book could have used less narrators. There are nine narrators in this book. NINE. and they didn't all have distinct voices (most didn't).
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I don't think Zee and Gentry should have ended up together. It's obvious that she cares about him and he trusts her, but I think as long as he's committed to being her knight, they can't have an equitable partnership. Also she 1000% did not make up for letting him take the fall for her plan and go to prison for three years by paying the taxes on his land and taking his sword out of a lake. Nope nope nope.
On the one hand, I love this book for it's diverse representation of disabilities. A main character with chronic pain? SIGN ME UP. There's also a character on the spectrum who speaks entirely in Middle English, which is an incredible commitment on Greenwood's part.
I also enjoyed the seedy, troubled, self-proclaimed 'white trash' family drama and relations we all came to know and love in that other book.
This book also carried an element of nostalgia for that time in youth when you read magical/fantasy novels and wanted to be a knight/princess/lady of the lake, etc.
While I think Greenwood made great use of most of the multiple POV storytelling, I definitely think the book could have used less narrators. There are nine narrators in this book. NINE. and they didn't all have distinct voices (most didn't).
Spoilers ahead:
.
.
.
.
.
I don't think Zee and Gentry should have ended up together. It's obvious that she cares about him and he trusts her, but I think as long as he's committed to being her knight, they can't have an equitable partnership. Also she 1000% did not make up for letting him take the fall for her plan and go to prison for three years by paying the taxes on his land and taking his sword out of a lake. Nope nope nope.