A review by mellamaron
Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
DNF at 20%.
Honestly I’m SO bored.
This book feels like a very basic story that doesn’t really bring anything new or interesting to the table. While reading, I went “I feel like I’ve read this before even though I haven’t.”
Vanja is a pompous character who doesn’t care about others. She isn’t empathetic at all and I can’t find anything I like about her. “I’m such a cool thief - watch me steal from all these rich people right under their noses!”
And god, she feels so juvenile too? I don’t like the humor in this book. It’s not witty; it’s silly. 🙃
Also, just going to throw this out there - the first few chapters have SO many italicized words for emphasis (not the German names, but like actual words.) and that just took me right out of the story. I never knew that was a pet peeve of mine until now. That does ease up past ch 5 or so - but at this point I’m so bored I just don’t care.
And yeah, I feel bad for Gisele. 🤷♀️ So sue me.
Honestly I’m SO bored.
This book feels like a very basic story that doesn’t really bring anything new or interesting to the table. While reading, I went “I feel like I’ve read this before even though I haven’t.”
Vanja is a pompous character who doesn’t care about others. She isn’t empathetic at all and I can’t find anything I like about her. “I’m such a cool thief - watch me steal from all these rich people right under their noses!”
And god, she feels so juvenile too? I don’t like the humor in this book. It’s not witty; it’s silly. 🙃
Also, just going to throw this out there - the first few chapters have SO many italicized words for emphasis (not the German names, but like actual words.) and that just took me right out of the story. I never knew that was a pet peeve of mine until now. That does ease up past ch 5 or so - but at this point I’m so bored I just don’t care.
And yeah, I feel bad for Gisele. 🤷♀️ So sue me.