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Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms, #1)
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Jan 11, 2013
bookshelves: annoying-characters, bad-outweighed-good, can-someone-say-cliche, disappointing, fantastical, felt-like-insta-love, it-was-just-okay
Ugh, just ugh. I've heard mixed things about this series, but I love fantasy, and it's an NYT bestseller so I thought it would be good. But dear God, I just about hated everything in this book. It was laughably predictable, the twist was not a twist at all, all of the characters (save for one or two) were extremely one-dimensional. The political discord felt so unbelievable, and the direction this story went makes me wonder how in the world the author is going to make 6 books out of this fantasy land. I think the only thing I liked about this was the magical elements, though there weren't enough of them.
Rating: 2 Paw Prints!
Rating: 2 Paw Prints!
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January 11, 2013
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July 23, 2015
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July 29, 2015
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Jul 29, 2015 04:33AM
I really didn't enjoy this book. I felt nothing for the characters, it was predictable, and the story overall wad uninteresting. I just don't get the popularity personally.
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Courtney wrote: "I really didn't enjoy this book. I felt nothing for the characters, it was predictable, and the story overall wad uninteresting. I just don't get the popularity personally."I don't get it either, because everything you said is how I felt about it. I ended up not caring for ANY of the characters because I felt like I didn't know them enough. And obviously this is a series, so they have time to develop, but even in book one, I should have a strong sense of who they are and I don't. The story-line was...interesting, at times, but only because of the Watchers. The romance was also a weakness.
I'm just really disappointed. I think it had so much more potential to be amazing.
