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A review by jmckendry
The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne
2.0
I really wanted to like this book, and I really enjoyed the first couple chapters, but it was so hard to find motivation to keep reading after that. At around 65% it got a lot more interesting and I read the rest rather quickly! The last 40% deserves 3.3 stars from me, but it just took way too long to get interesting.
I really liked how the women's magic was revealed, I loved the mythology of the Mother and how she wanted to be restored to her rightful place beside the Father, but she had been forgotten. I also liked Matthias.
I didn't like how mundane everything felt, even when things were getting interesting. I also didn't like how this was marketed as a Rapunzel-retelling, when it was really only about Rapunzel's mother and how she became the person she did. While reading this, I never really FELT anything. I sort of cared about the characters, but not very much.
Overall, I was just hoping for a lot more from this book and it didn't deliver. The ending was very touching though!
I really liked how the women's magic was revealed, I loved the mythology of the Mother and how she wanted to be restored to her rightful place beside the Father, but she had been forgotten. I also liked Matthias.
I didn't like how mundane everything felt, even when things were getting interesting. I also didn't like how this was marketed as a Rapunzel-retelling, when it was really only about Rapunzel's mother and how she became the person she did. While reading this, I never really FELT anything. I sort of cared about the characters, but not very much.
Overall, I was just hoping for a lot more from this book and it didn't deliver. The ending was very touching though!