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A review by clarahrae
A Multitude of Dreams by Mara Rutherford
2.0
As a young Jewish person, seeing representation anywhere is very important to me… however, this representation felt very out of place. I didn’t even know there was going to be a discussion about Jewish people and the role people placed on them during the Black Plague.
Overall, there was a lot in this book that could have shined. However, too much time was placed before the conflict and there was a lot of details that could have been hammered out and better explained. The characters and romance felt very surface, and while I enjoyed what I saw of both, the emotion and build-up was lacking.
Unfortunately, this seems to be one of those books that could have gone through another round or two of revisions for the sake of beefing up the plot and creating real consequences. For 90% of this book, I wasn’t sure if it was a standalone or part of a series— I was quite pleased to learn this was a standalone and there aren’t more books I will need to invest in to greater understand this world.
Overall, there was a lot in this book that could have shined. However, too much time was placed before the conflict and there was a lot of details that could have been hammered out and better explained. The characters and romance felt very surface, and while I enjoyed what I saw of both, the emotion and build-up was lacking.
Unfortunately, this seems to be one of those books that could have gone through another round or two of revisions for the sake of beefing up the plot and creating real consequences. For 90% of this book, I wasn’t sure if it was a standalone or part of a series— I was quite pleased to learn this was a standalone and there aren’t more books I will need to invest in to greater understand this world.