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A review by konvineo
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
1.0
DNF at page 316
Reading this is dragging on so long, and it's super not enjoyable. I'm not going to force myself to finish even though I'm almost there.
The book had it's brief moment where I kind of got pulled in, but it doesn't cancelled out all the things I dislike. Above all I'm bored. I know things are happening because that's what I'm reading, however it doesn't feel like anything happens. I really, really don't like both Rhen and Grey. I usually like characters like Grey, but he's just so boring. Rhen... I don't get. I know he's traumatized by the curse, but can he not just act nicely towards the people he kidnaps? Harper has her moments of semi greatness and I actually kind of like her character. I can't speak for the rep in the book in regards to Harper's disability, since I don't have cerebral palsy, but I will say that it seem like it means less and less the longer you get into the story. Like at first it was mentioned how a long day made it harder to get around, but then by the point I stopped... that wasn't happening anymore? I find it a little weird to be honest? Like I have a disability myself, and sure I have good days, but if I'm stressed out it's going to have a larger impact. So it's hard for me to understand how Harper isn't more effected. This might just be me not understanding this particular disability.
Ultimately, I got bored and I want to read something fun. Maybe I'll finish this some day, but that day is not now.
Reading this is dragging on so long, and it's super not enjoyable. I'm not going to force myself to finish even though I'm almost there.
The book had it's brief moment where I kind of got pulled in, but it doesn't cancelled out all the things I dislike. Above all I'm bored. I know things are happening because that's what I'm reading, however it doesn't feel like anything happens. I really, really don't like both Rhen and Grey. I usually like characters like Grey, but he's just so boring. Rhen... I don't get. I know he's traumatized by the curse, but can he not just act nicely towards the people he kidnaps? Harper has her moments of semi greatness and I actually kind of like her character. I can't speak for the rep in the book in regards to Harper's disability, since I don't have cerebral palsy, but I will say that it seem like it means less and less the longer you get into the story. Like at first it was mentioned how a long day made it harder to get around, but then by the point I stopped... that wasn't happening anymore? I find it a little weird to be honest? Like I have a disability myself, and sure I have good days, but if I'm stressed out it's going to have a larger impact. So it's hard for me to understand how Harper isn't more effected. This might just be me not understanding this particular disability.
Ultimately, I got bored and I want to read something fun. Maybe I'll finish this some day, but that day is not now.