A review by falcarragh
Soulless by Gail Carriger
lighthearted
medium-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? Yes
1.0
How can an author produce such a horrible piece? I have read 'The Finishing School' series and was amazed. So I thought I'd give this a try. Now I'm considering to toss the book into the paper bin. So there might be some use of it.
I despise it when people create worlds with rules to just ignore them. A few examples..,
- A werewolf can smell the bloodline of a vampire but is tricked by bloody humans and some chloroform?
- A werewolf in charge of an investigation is not taken additional precautions fully aware how many supernaturals have been abducted. And sends out no warning?
- The best informed vampire is 'surprised' by the same old white mans group? He'd stay home alone when other vampires in the same situation have been disappearing?
- Scientist who want to know all about prenaturals but then leave her alone with a werewolf? Not watching? Not documenting? And thereby theaten to lose their biggest hope of eliminating supernaturals?
- Smexy time during a life threating abduction while your best friend is being tortoured?
The whole book is full of plot holes and inconsistencies. And characters without a clear agenda.
It saddend me, because I was so excited to read more by this author. This was most definitely one of the wotrst books I've read in the past decade.
I despise it when people create worlds with rules to just ignore them. A few examples..,
- A werewolf can smell the bloodline of a vampire but is tricked by bloody humans and some chloroform?
- A werewolf in charge of an investigation is not taken additional precautions fully aware how many supernaturals have been abducted. And sends out no warning?
- The best informed vampire is 'surprised' by the same old white mans group? He'd stay home alone when other vampires in the same situation have been disappearing?
- Scientist who want to know all about prenaturals but then leave her alone with a werewolf? Not watching? Not documenting? And thereby theaten to lose their biggest hope of eliminating supernaturals?
- Smexy time during a life threating abduction while your best friend is being tortoured?
The whole book is full of plot holes and inconsistencies. And characters without a clear agenda.
It saddend me, because I was so excited to read more by this author. This was most definitely one of the wotrst books I've read in the past decade.