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A review by aforestofbooks
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.
DNF. I wanted to give this book a shot, even though a friend of mine read it recently and really didn't enjoy it. But unfortunately there are so many things I already don't like and I'm only a few chapters in. The way the story is told reminds me of more middle-grade fiction (which would be fine if this was MG). The writing I know is intended to be flowery and prose-y, but after a while, especially when the main character's inner narration is also this way, it started to get annoying and took away from what was actually going on.
I already do not like the MC. She's too self-righteous and her thoughts are annoying to read. She's constantly thinking about how her life was so easy and now it's so hard, but she shouldn't complain, yet she should also stand up for herself because she deserves dignity and respect...it just made me roll my eyes at how whiny she is. There are also time jumps, which I'm not a fan of because it just allows the author to tell us what has happened and how much our main character has "grown", but we don't actually see it/experience it ourselves.
The last few years I've tried to dnf books I'm not enjoying instead of pushing through because I just don't have that much time to read or do things, so I would rather spend my time reading books I enjoy. This isn't one of them unfortunately.
I already do not like the MC. She's too self-righteous and her thoughts are annoying to read. She's constantly thinking about how her life was so easy and now it's so hard, but she shouldn't complain, yet she should also stand up for herself because she deserves dignity and respect...it just made me roll my eyes at how whiny she is. There are also time jumps, which I'm not a fan of because it just allows the author to tell us what has happened and how much our main character has "grown", but we don't actually see it/experience it ourselves.
The last few years I've tried to dnf books I'm not enjoying instead of pushing through because I just don't have that much time to read or do things, so I would rather spend my time reading books I enjoy. This isn't one of them unfortunately.