A review by daybreak
And I Darken by Kiersten White
I'm just going to give it up. I tried but couldn't get hooked.
The main problem I had was with the characters and how Lada and Radu were handled. I understand the point of foil characters but it's just too on the nose here how different brother and sister are. The way they are set up to be completely different from each other didn't feel organic. They end up feeling more like caricatures than characters. I also disliked how they went to their opposite extremes, Lada so strong, Radu so weak and pathetic, Lada completely rejecting the new setting, Radu completely embracing it etc etc.
It's not bad per se but I don't have the patience for it right now...
The main problem I had was with the characters and how Lada and Radu were handled. I understand the point of foil characters but it's just too on the nose here how different brother and sister are. The way they are set up to be completely different from each other didn't feel organic. They end up feeling more like caricatures than characters. I also disliked how they went to their opposite extremes, Lada so strong, Radu so weak and pathetic, Lada completely rejecting the new setting, Radu completely embracing it etc etc.
It's not bad per se but I don't have the patience for it right now...