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A review by ceena
City of Lies by Sam Hawke
Did not finish book.
*I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*
DNF @ 35%
This is such a hard review to write. At the time I'm writing this I haven't even decided what rating I'm going to give it. This book is written really well and there is some good stuff-- I even have people I might recommend it to, but it just isn't working for me.
For me, the book seemed to drag. I suppose I like more action in my books? But it felt like they were talking in circles and complaining about the same things - this isn't truly fair to say, since they have real concerns that aren't going away. But, it felt like nothing was getting done. That feeling of things being stagnant and slow progress towards finding the bad people had me skimming pages :/
When things picked up or something happened, I was more into it, but when a poisoning happened and I realized I was still only half-interested, I knew it was time to put the book down.
I will say I was also worried about where the ending was going to go... why the people were doing what they were doing. It is also hard to root for people who may in fact be the enemies of the people, even if they didn't realize it.
I think I'm going with 2.5 stars because if I had nothing else to read I totally would push myself through this. I am interested in what happens, just not enough.
I'd recommend this to someone who is interested in slight fantasy political intrigue with unavoidable seemingly unwinnable war thrust upon people. I know people will like this. I'd love for them to tell me why and give me a summary of the book!
DNF @ 35%
This is such a hard review to write. At the time I'm writing this I haven't even decided what rating I'm going to give it. This book is written really well and there is some good stuff-- I even have people I might recommend it to, but it just isn't working for me.
For me, the book seemed to drag. I suppose I like more action in my books? But it felt like they were talking in circles and complaining about the same things - this isn't truly fair to say, since they have real concerns that aren't going away. But, it felt like nothing was getting done. That feeling of things being stagnant and slow progress towards finding the bad people had me skimming pages :/
When things picked up or something happened, I was more into it, but when a poisoning happened and I realized I was still only half-interested, I knew it was time to put the book down.
I will say I was also worried about where the ending was going to go... why the people were doing what they were doing. It is also hard to root for people who may in fact be the enemies of the people, even if they didn't realize it.
I think I'm going with 2.5 stars because if I had nothing else to read I totally would push myself through this. I am interested in what happens, just not enough.
I'd recommend this to someone who is interested in slight fantasy political intrigue with unavoidable seemingly unwinnable war thrust upon people. I know people will like this. I'd love for them to tell me why and give me a summary of the book!