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A review by puddlejumper
The Palace of Eros by Caro De Robertis
2.75
I was really excited to read a queer retelling of the Eros and Psyche myth. I was disappointed.
I could not stand the writing style. Lyrical writing can be poetic, this was bloated with unnecessary similes and metaphors. The words start to lose meaning.
The dense prose distracts from the utter lack of plot or real character depth.
The author made the baffling decision to have Psyche’s chapters in first person and Eros’ in third person. Eros was the more interesting character, first person would have given more insight into the character.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC
I could not stand the writing style. Lyrical writing can be poetic, this was bloated with unnecessary similes and metaphors. The words start to lose meaning.
The dense prose distracts from the utter lack of plot or real character depth.
The author made the baffling decision to have Psyche’s chapters in first person and Eros’ in third person. Eros was the more interesting character, first person would have given more insight into the character.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC