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A review by imaginary_space
Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
This is the most drawn-out, longest, book (and series) I have ever read. Even speeding it up more than I usually do did not help at all to make it less boring.
It starts with 20 minutes of Barrons being extremely edgy and cringe, then proceeds into 30 minutes of Mac wallowing in self pity and realizing how the guy who emotionally, physically and sexuality abused her, kept basically every important information from her and used her as his personal tool was right in everything he did and the good guy all along and she feels so bad for her bad behaviour towards him.
So yeah, that's fun.
It doesn't get better from there.
Seriously, what is up with all those 4 and 5 star reviews? What's with all the love for this woman's repetitive, drawn-out, boring ass writing? I really don't want to rain on anyone's parade and I want everybody to like what they like, more power to you, but I am sincerely interested in what your frame of reference is. Like ... what are you comparing this to? What is a 2 star book for you?
Okay, so in this instalment, we get:
It starts with 20 minutes of Barrons being extremely edgy and cringe, then proceeds into 30 minutes of Mac wallowing in self pity and realizing how the guy who emotionally, physically and sexuality abused her, kept basically every important information from her and used her as his personal tool was right in everything he did and the good guy all along and she feels so bad for her bad behaviour towards him.
So yeah, that's fun.
It doesn't get better from there.
Seriously, what is up with all those 4 and 5 star reviews? What's with all the love for this woman's repetitive, drawn-out, boring ass writing? I really don't want to rain on anyone's parade and I want everybody to like what they like, more power to you, but I am sincerely interested in what your frame of reference is. Like ... what are you comparing this to? What is a 2 star book for you?
Okay, so in this instalment, we get:
- More infodumps
- Holy exposition Batman
- More controlling & abusive behaviour, but it's okay, because he's doing it to help her (idk, maybe try simply communicating)
- Barrons is basically an inexcusable asshole, but it's okay, because he has The Manpain(TM)
- More repetitive rambling. So much more repetitive rambling.
- More of Mac's internal monologues, which you can skip and you will miss absolutely nothing.
- More of Mac being the most inconsistent MC that has ever MC'd.
- Characters doing a complete 180 in their characterization, some even several times, because why not.
- Mac changes. And then she changes. And then she changes again. All while endlessly monologuing about how she has changed.
- Mac could be a sexy lamp for all the story cares, and she would probably be more respected by everyone as a lamp.
- Also, this story would have maybe actually made some sense without Mac constantly doing the most stupid thing ever just so that something happens, all the while rambling endlessly about how hot Barrons is and how much she's suffering in her inner monologue.
- More non-verbal conversations between Mac and Barrons, who can talk with their eyes in super specific, clear sentences. For minutes on end. What in the bad writing hell?
- The ending was lazy. There, I said it.
- An ending that doesn't even wrap up half of the storylines, but the most important thing is that Mac and Barrons, the badass evil superheroes, are now BBQing in the backyard like a proper happy family.
- Seriously, I didn't even realize this was supposed to be the last instalment until I went and read some of the reviews.
- More of Dani being the most annoying character ever.
I will definitely NOT be reading Dani's book(s). I cannot take any of this badly written, rapey, forced sexualization of EVERYTHING around a 13-year-old. No.