A review by ljrinaldi
The Mesmerist by Ronald L. Smith
2.0
Oh goddess. Several times I wanted to give up on this cliched story which I'm sure I have read elsewhere, in a better novel.
The villain is all evil. The setting is Victorian London. The mentor is a fairy who just is never around when Jess needs him and all the rest have that annoying habit of withholding information from the reader and the protagonist for the sake of suspense. Sheesh.
I was never connected to Jess. I could care less about the great evil villain. I only wanted the book to end so that I could be put out of my misery.
I suppose this might appeal to middle school students who have not read any other adventure stories. For me it was a bag of cliches disguised as an adventure. I would say everything was telegraphed a mile away and all the great reviews were snoopers as well.
It did gave a good first few pages. It is s pity if could not keep it up.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
The villain is all evil. The setting is Victorian London. The mentor is a fairy who just is never around when Jess needs him and all the rest have that annoying habit of withholding information from the reader and the protagonist for the sake of suspense. Sheesh.
I was never connected to Jess. I could care less about the great evil villain. I only wanted the book to end so that I could be put out of my misery.
I suppose this might appeal to middle school students who have not read any other adventure stories. For me it was a bag of cliches disguised as an adventure. I would say everything was telegraphed a mile away and all the great reviews were snoopers as well.
It did gave a good first few pages. It is s pity if could not keep it up.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.