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A review by girlwhoreadssapphic
Rise by Jennifer Anne Davis
3.0
!!THREE STARS!!
Okay so in spanish class, we watched Pans Labyrinth. Now when i tell you guys that this film was sickengly beautiful and heartbreaking. the acting was wonderful, the cinematography was so unique, and the storytelling and writing just brought me to tears. and then after that i got home and watched that cringe disney movie, Upside down magic. It was cute, funny, an enjoyable film. but it had no depth, I didn't care about the characters, and lets just say the acting tipped a bit.
you compare that to Pans Labyrinth, and there is an obvious better choice. That was this book. it was as deep as a disney channel movie, but enjoyable and silly nonetheless.
the characters lacked depth. I didn't connect with Kaia at all, I liked Anders, and Vidar just got on my nerves. and for the *insert eye roll* evil-but-hot-oh-and-also-immoral-but-misunderstood villain, I liked him a little bit. i think his reason for becoming evil was fair enough, but he fell a bit one-dimensional. He was just there to play the 'hot obvious love interest' and he was so one dimensional.
oh, and speaking of love interests, there was like a love square, not even a love TRIANGLE. Honestly, I would've settled foor a love triangle at that point. Can I mention that kaia is SIXTEEN years old, one man is four years older than her and another is a century older. That is disgusting. You can at least make her 23 or something so I don't get grossed out every time Morlet obsesses over her. And the part where they said she was dIfFerEnT and sPeCiAl just made me cringe.
But the plot was okay, for a fantasy novel. it was cute and i did get invested at one point. I liked the little action bits and training, although there wasn't enough tension. The action scenes were low-risk, but still fun.
that's all bitches,
see ya
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Was it as thrilling and fun as I expected?
No
Did I still enjoy it?
Yes. It was as enjoyable as a nice rom-com, but didn't have enough depth.
Review To Come
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currently reading
I am ready for some dark magicy enemies to lovers
Okay so in spanish class, we watched Pans Labyrinth. Now when i tell you guys that this film was sickengly beautiful and heartbreaking. the acting was wonderful, the cinematography was so unique, and the storytelling and writing just brought me to tears. and then after that i got home and watched that cringe disney movie, Upside down magic. It was cute, funny, an enjoyable film. but it had no depth, I didn't care about the characters, and lets just say the acting tipped a bit.
you compare that to Pans Labyrinth, and there is an obvious better choice. That was this book. it was as deep as a disney channel movie, but enjoyable and silly nonetheless.
the characters lacked depth. I didn't connect with Kaia at all, I liked Anders, and Vidar just got on my nerves. and for the *insert eye roll* evil-but-hot-oh-and-also-immoral-but-misunderstood villain, I liked him a little bit. i think his reason for becoming evil was fair enough, but he fell a bit one-dimensional. He was just there to play the 'hot obvious love interest' and he was so one dimensional.
oh, and speaking of love interests, there was like a love square, not even a love TRIANGLE. Honestly, I would've settled foor a love triangle at that point. Can I mention that kaia is SIXTEEN years old, one man is four years older than her and another is a century older. That is disgusting. You can at least make her 23 or something so I don't get grossed out every time Morlet obsesses over her. And the part where they said she was dIfFerEnT and sPeCiAl just made me cringe.
But the plot was okay, for a fantasy novel. it was cute and i did get invested at one point. I liked the little action bits and training, although there wasn't enough tension. The action scenes were low-risk, but still fun.
that's all bitches,
see ya
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Was it as thrilling and fun as I expected?
No
Did I still enjoy it?
Yes. It was as enjoyable as a nice rom-com, but didn't have enough depth.
Review To Come
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currently reading
I am ready for some dark magicy enemies to lovers