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A review by galaxies
The Dollmakers by Lynn Buchanan
Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.
DNF at 43%
I have never read about a more insufferable, petulant, childish, arrogant, selfish, violent and plain mean protagonist in my life. We are supposed to believe Shean actually cares about life when she sets out to destroy other people‘s lives, gets violent and hurts them just because people don‘t want to give into her childish temper tantrums? No, thank you. Even almost halfway into the book Shean has had NO character development/growth and instead just gets worse and worse, acting like everyone is beneath her.
I don’t necessarily need to (immediately) like a protagonist but they need to be complex and interesting. Shean was so incredibly one-note because there were no layers to her that would make her an interesting or compelling character to read about. She went through trauma, yes but it‘s treated like a gimmick instead of something very real that impacts her in her life.
It‘s a shame because the world-building was solid even though as per other reviews I have correctly guessed almost all the twists within the first 25% of the book.
I have never read about a more insufferable, petulant, childish, arrogant, selfish, violent and plain mean protagonist in my life. We are supposed to believe Shean actually cares about life when she sets out to destroy other people‘s lives, gets violent and hurts them just because people don‘t want to give into her childish temper tantrums? No, thank you. Even almost halfway into the book Shean has had NO character development/growth and instead just gets worse and worse, acting like everyone is beneath her.
I don’t necessarily need to (immediately) like a protagonist but they need to be complex and interesting. Shean was so incredibly one-note because there were no layers to her that would make her an interesting or compelling character to read about. She went through trauma, yes but it‘s treated like a gimmick instead of something very real that impacts her in her life.
It‘s a shame because the world-building was solid even though as per other reviews I have correctly guessed almost all the twists within the first 25% of the book.