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A review by theamyleblanc
In an Orchard Grown from Ash by Rory Power
Did not finish book.
I received a copy of this story from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
DNF: 10%
All of my issues with the first book are still present: VERY SLOW pacing, inaccessible emotional life, convoluted plot that is weirdly not compelling.
In this one, we have a PoV from each of the Argyrosi children. That intrigued me because at the heart of it all, this is about the drama between those four siblings. I had hopes! But the voices for each PoV sound the same. There wasn't much to differentiate them beyond location so I kept forgetting whose PoV I was reading.
And I was already feeling like this would be a slog and for an almost-500 page book, that's not a fun feeling. I couldn't justify continuing.
DNF: 10%
All of my issues with the first book are still present: VERY SLOW pacing, inaccessible emotional life, convoluted plot that is weirdly not compelling.
In this one, we have a PoV from each of the Argyrosi children. That intrigued me because at the heart of it all, this is about the drama between those four siblings. I had hopes! But the voices for each PoV sound the same. There wasn't much to differentiate them beyond location so I kept forgetting whose PoV I was reading.
And I was already feeling like this would be a slog and for an almost-500 page book, that's not a fun feeling. I couldn't justify continuing.