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A review by elemmire
Lilah: A Forbidden Love, a People's Destiny by Marek Halter
1.0
The story is boring and poorly written. The use of a letter to explain what has been going on is, for lack of a better word, lame. It would make more sense to call it a journal. And she can write? I found that unlikely.
At first things are fairly normal, love and obstacle to love, but then the plot doesn't really go anywhere until it crashes into a depressing pit of doom and despair.
Lilah's possessive brother doesn't want her to marry the man she loves, supposedly because of the teachings. Then the queen decides she doesn't like the marriage either. So they give up. Which, fine, things aren't working out and probably never will.
What doesn't make any sense is how Lilah is constantly taking care of Ezra, her brother. She feeds him, supports him on many levels, defends what he does to the family. And what dose Ezra do for her? Guards her jealously because of unclear motives and will never take any of her advice. But he still needs her to comfort him and care for him.
Most of the writing is done in third person omnipotent, but conveniently not Ezra. You never know what he is thinking, unfortunately you know what everyone else is... It gets annoying after a while. I really don't care what the hand maid just thought of something that has no significance to the plot.
At first things are fairly normal, love and obstacle to love, but then the plot doesn't really go anywhere until it crashes into a depressing pit of doom and despair.
Lilah's possessive brother doesn't want her to marry the man she loves, supposedly because of the teachings. Then the queen decides she doesn't like the marriage either. So they give up. Which, fine, things aren't working out and probably never will.
What doesn't make any sense is how Lilah is constantly taking care of Ezra, her brother. She feeds him, supports him on many levels, defends what he does to the family. And what dose Ezra do for her? Guards her jealously because of unclear motives and will never take any of her advice. But he still needs her to comfort him and care for him.
Most of the writing is done in third person omnipotent, but conveniently not Ezra. You never know what he is thinking, unfortunately you know what everyone else is... It gets annoying after a while. I really don't care what the hand maid just thought of something that has no significance to the plot.