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A review by hellobookbird
The Bird and the Blade by Megan Bannen
1.0
Originally I wasn't going to rate this but with seeing all the high rates...I wish I'd had someone mention these things before I tried to read it myself. If you couldn't tell, I DNFed this book and I seem to be in the vast minority.
Things I disliked:
- The setting from in the past (first time meeting boy), to present (trying to stop boy from essentially suiciding by riddle), to past (to catch up to present) was jarring af
- Not only was it jarring, it severely disengaged me from even WANTING to know how we got to present day because we already know she loves the guy and you can probably guess that throughout the journey is when she falls, blah blah blah
- I skipped ahead. I never skip ahead. But literally nothing that happened during the journey (that I skipped over) mattered because the ending doesn't even reference it except for one tinsy part...it pretty much picks up right after it stopped so I ASK YOU WHY THE JOURNEY NEEDED TO HAPPEN AT ALL
- The ending is unsatisfying af. No, I didn't know this was based off an opera and the ending is how it is but it's still unsatisfying af and I stand by that
Things I liked:
- It was well-written and would have been engaging had it been an entirely different plot.
I'm undecided if I'll try another book by her in the future.
Things I disliked:
- The setting from in the past (first time meeting boy), to present (trying to stop boy from essentially suiciding by riddle), to past (to catch up to present) was jarring af
- Not only was it jarring, it severely disengaged me from even WANTING to know how we got to present day because we already know she loves the guy and you can probably guess that throughout the journey is when she falls, blah blah blah
- I skipped ahead. I never skip ahead. But literally nothing that happened during the journey (that I skipped over) mattered because the ending doesn't even reference it except for one tinsy part...it pretty much picks up right after it stopped so I ASK YOU WHY THE JOURNEY NEEDED TO HAPPEN AT ALL
- The ending is unsatisfying af. No, I didn't know this was based off an opera and the ending is how it is but it's still unsatisfying af and I stand by that
Things I liked:
- It was well-written and would have been engaging had it been an entirely different plot.
I'm undecided if I'll try another book by her in the future.