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A review by woodsybookworm
Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Lucy Undying was one of my most anticipated reads for the year - sapphic vampires, women taking on a MLM cult obsessed with blood, and a retelling of the original Dracula story from Lucy's perspective to boot - it was hitting every checkmark for a potentially solid read.
The book started slow, was disjointed between past and present, and it was made even more difficult to follow with Lucy's present POV vs her past POV vs her POV in therapy vs Iris's POV (why does one character have three POVs!?). It made the story so difficult to keep track of and I kept getting pulled out of it having to go back and figure out whose chapter I was reading and in what time period.
I hit my DNF wall at one point only to turn the page and be reeled back in at the 50% mark just to quickly lose that momentum again at 70% but at that point I felt like I was in too deep and owed it to myself to at least try and power through. I finished the book but I'm not proud of that achievement.
The book started slow, was disjointed between past and present, and it was made even more difficult to follow with Lucy's present POV vs her past POV vs her POV in therapy vs Iris's POV (why does one character have three POVs!?). It made the story so difficult to keep track of and I kept getting pulled out of it having to go back and figure out whose chapter I was reading and in what time period.
I hit my DNF wall at one point only to turn the page and be reeled back in at the 50% mark just to quickly lose that momentum again at 70% but at that point I felt like I was in too deep and owed it to myself to at least try and power through. I finished the book but I'm not proud of that achievement.