A review by dtaylorbooks
Behind Blue Eyes by Anna Mocikat

Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

Where did I stop reading? 13% in

Why? I was bored. I only read three chapters, but they were long chapters, clocking in at 20+ minutes each, so there was no shortage of content. There was so much exposition. Every time something new in the world was introduced, I got a paragraph plus of exposition on it. This happened, at times, every other paragraph. All I wanted was for it to get on with the story. Instead it would stop, info dump, another sentence about the story. Stop, info dump, another sentence about the story. And on and on. On top of that the voice was dull. It was third omniscient, which created a narrative distance for me that didn’t help it, but the storytelling style was bland. I imagine part of that was on purpose, especially when it went more limited to Nephilim’s character, but that didn’t translate well for me. I was struggling with it by the time I stopped.