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A review by brits_bomb_books
Fate's Fables by T. Rae Mitchell
2.0
An interesting premise, but this book could have been about two-thirds shorter. The storyline was increasingly repetitive, and the main character really showed no growth. Also, at least the kindle edition could really use some editing.
We are told everything that goes on from Fate’s inner monologue, and then again through her dialogue with other characters, and then again from other characters’ inner monologues. Sprinkle that with overly specific descriptions of minor plot points every other page, and you can probably see why I was checking the clock at 30% through and skimming from that point forward. And there are at least two more books in this series?!?
I struggled a lot with finishing this one, and just buckled up and forged through it because I really think there is a good story here. It’s just buried beneath a whiny protagonist, way too much show and not enough tell, and a questionable decision to have a snake character talk like thissss through the whole sssssstory
We are told everything that goes on from Fate’s inner monologue, and then again through her dialogue with other characters, and then again from other characters’ inner monologues. Sprinkle that with overly specific descriptions of minor plot points every other page, and you can probably see why I was checking the clock at 30% through and skimming from that point forward. And there are at least two more books in this series?!?
I struggled a lot with finishing this one, and just buckled up and forged through it because I really think there is a good story here. It’s just buried beneath a whiny protagonist, way too much show and not enough tell, and a questionable decision to have a snake character talk like thissss through the whole sssssstory