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A review by sarahesmaewolfe
The Stars Now Unclaimed by Drew Williams
Did not finish book.
DNF @ pg. 50
Did I not give this book enough of a chance? Maybe. Will I pick it up again? Maybe.
We started off with several things I don't like. First being the typical male written female lead. She was cold and unemotional, which I find to be strangely common in books written by men. Is this what they think it's like inside our heads?
Next is also a problem I had with the main character: she is nameless. Which is a pet-peeve of mine. It's almost like when you don't name a pet so you don't get attached to it, which is exactly the opposite of what I want from a book. I want a character I can love and root for. In fact, I didn't even know she was a woman until the end of the first chapter. It was giving me Annihilation vibes, which was my top pick for books I wished I DNFed last year, because I just didn't get it.
Next was the writing style. It was very practical and uninviting. Just the facts, ma'am. And the overuse of random italics — and em dashes — were killing me. It's a bad combination to have punctuation quirks and a story I'm not into enough to not care. So unless this book gets a lot of hype after it's published and I realize I quit too early, it's a no from me.
*I received an advanced copy from Tor Publishing for my honest review*
Did I not give this book enough of a chance? Maybe. Will I pick it up again? Maybe.
We started off with several things I don't like. First being the typical male written female lead. She was cold and unemotional, which I find to be strangely common in books written by men. Is this what they think it's like inside our heads?
Next is also a problem I had with the main character: she is nameless. Which is a pet-peeve of mine. It's almost like when you don't name a pet so you don't get attached to it, which is exactly the opposite of what I want from a book. I want a character I can love and root for. In fact, I didn't even know she was a woman until the end of the first chapter. It was giving me Annihilation vibes, which was my top pick for books I wished I DNFed last year, because I just didn't get it.
Next was the writing style. It was very practical and uninviting. Just the facts, ma'am. And the overuse of random italics — and em dashes — were killing me. It's a bad combination to have punctuation quirks and a story I'm not into enough to not care. So unless this book gets a lot of hype after it's published and I realize I quit too early, it's a no from me.
*I received an advanced copy from Tor Publishing for my honest review*