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A review by natcatsbookishcafe
The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett
Did not finish book. Stopped at 38%.
I feel like this could have been a book that I would have enjoyed if I were like 5-10 years younger. I went into this book thinking the protagonist was around 18 or 19, but she is only 16!! I felt like I wasn't overly interested in the plot or attached to our character. I think if I finished this book it would be a low 3 star, very meh. I don't feel like wasting time on meh this year.
I have to admit that I didn't know the character was so young until like 100 pages into the book and I feel like the way people were treating her made no sense. She explained how none of the ministers every showed any interest in her because she never showed interest in politics and spent all her time doing science stuff, but all of a sudden everyone is so annoyed that she doesn't know what the hell she is doing...like you guys are made a 16 year old girl who isn't interested in politics doesn't know how politics work, be so for real. I felt their behavior, especially as adults towards a child was ridiculous. I will say watching a 16 year old girl get married was weird as well. I also thought the villain character was very flat, like how to write a bad guy 101 vibes.
I have to admit that I didn't know the character was so young until like 100 pages into the book and I feel like the way people were treating her made no sense. She explained how none of the ministers every showed any interest in her because she never showed interest in politics and spent all her time doing science stuff, but all of a sudden everyone is so annoyed that she doesn't know what the hell she is doing...like you guys are made a 16 year old girl who isn't interested in politics doesn't know how politics work, be so for real. I felt their behavior, especially as adults towards a child was ridiculous. I will say watching a 16 year old girl get married was weird as well. I also thought the villain character was very flat, like how to write a bad guy 101 vibes.