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A review by emmirosereads
Carols and Chaos by Cindy Anstey
1.0
Yeah, I did not like this one at all. 😬 I would have DNFd if I hadn't been buddy reading this with someone.
For the most part it was just extremely boring to me. Like that's my first and biggest complaint. When things did happen I just found I could care less. It felt way too over dramatic for the circumstances and just put there last minute. The whole book really just felt like it wasn't thought out very well. Like those Wattpad stories or fanfictions where they know the general idea but are writing/updating chapter by chapter and then just need something to spice it up so they throw some random plot twist that kind of fits the story. An oddly specific example but like you know. 🤷🏻♀️😂
This also did not feel very authentic to the time period. It's hard to explain what I mean or how I felt but it didn't suck me into the world and time period like I was hoping to. It was a historical fiction that just felt way too modern.
My other complaint is simply the characters. To be honest they were all extremely bland and had no depth or real character development in my opinion. The romance was way too insta lovey and felt like it had no substance. I'm really wondering if we get to know these characters more in another book because I think this is a companion novel and it feels we're missing out on something. I'm not sure though. It had potential and the writing was okay in my opinion but everything else was just mehh.
For the most part it was just extremely boring to me. Like that's my first and biggest complaint. When things did happen I just found I could care less. It felt way too over dramatic for the circumstances and just put there last minute. The whole book really just felt like it wasn't thought out very well. Like those Wattpad stories or fanfictions where they know the general idea but are writing/updating chapter by chapter and then just need something to spice it up so they throw some random plot twist that kind of fits the story. An oddly specific example but like you know. 🤷🏻♀️😂
This also did not feel very authentic to the time period. It's hard to explain what I mean or how I felt but it didn't suck me into the world and time period like I was hoping to. It was a historical fiction that just felt way too modern.
My other complaint is simply the characters. To be honest they were all extremely bland and had no depth or real character development in my opinion. The romance was way too insta lovey and felt like it had no substance. I'm really wondering if we get to know these characters more in another book because I think this is a companion novel and it feels we're missing out on something. I'm not sure though. It had potential and the writing was okay in my opinion but everything else was just mehh.