![]() I don't mind reading that same trope again, if it's well written and engrossing. ![]() This one reminded me too much of Hogwarts, complete with a Snape doppelgänger and a nasty trio to replace Malfoy and friends. Forgive the rant, but I felt cheated of the joys of puzzling out the plot. Emergent plot twists are hinted at too strongly, making the twist obvious even before the reader could possibly play the prediction game. ![]() Sometimes they restate previous passages, italicized. These thoughts offer nothing new - they are usually obvious and/or repeated info. Chima's mental asides occur within conversations even, interrupting the flow. As if we can't catch the nuance from the story itself. The author uses a character's thoughts to reiterate things gleaned from the actual events and dialogue, to be totally sure we totally know what's going on. "Leave-no-thought-unwritten" writing style: Infernal internal dialogue. Even though some scenes were wonderfully vivid and quite suspenseful (especially in the Shivering Fens), as a whole, I felt mildly impatient with the pedantic writing style, annoyed at the romantic developments, and irritated at the ending. Excellent narration notwithstanding, I'm a disgruntled reader. ![]()
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