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A review by ailsahatton
The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman
3.0
This was challenging to read. At best, the way it was written enhanced the world building, and some of the language was both interesting and beautiful. Mostly it just made it difficult to read - I ended up buying it in hard copy because I found I just couldn't get into it at all on kindle. At worst, I missed parts - possibly because I'm used to reading things fast and this was something you needed to take more time to understand than I was willing to offer it.
I missed a death that I knew was supposed to have more impact than I felt on first read, and even when I reread it I wasn't quite sure what had happened.
Even after re-reading the ending a couple times I'm still not sure what was up with that, either.
I did enjoy it - it was new, and it was interesting, but I think if you took the way it was written away it wouldn't have been either. Everyone was in love with Icecream and that got a bit old - I'm not sure I ever managed to properly care about any of the characters or their goals, and bits of it were too predictable.
Probably this is just a 'not for me' review more than anything else. Glad I stuck it out to the end, but not exactly up in my faves.
I missed a death that I knew was supposed to have more impact than I felt on first read, and even when I reread it I wasn't quite sure what had happened.
Even after re-reading the ending a couple times I'm still not sure what was up with that, either.
I did enjoy it - it was new, and it was interesting, but I think if you took the way it was written away it wouldn't have been either. Everyone was in love with Icecream and that got a bit old - I'm not sure I ever managed to properly care about any of the characters or their goals, and bits of it were too predictable.
Probably this is just a 'not for me' review more than anything else. Glad I stuck it out to the end, but not exactly up in my faves.