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Fellside
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6/10
Overall I was disappointed with this one. The Girl with all the Gifts blew me away and I was so impressed with it that I became a pusher and got loads of friends and family to read it. As soon as I saw that this was available on NetGalley I dusted off my account details and requested away. After a couple of days waiting (you old tease NetGalley) I was approved and ready to get going with it. Then I read some less than flattering reviews about it and it stopped me dead in my tracks. I waited for a bit until I felt I was in the right frame of mind for this to not let those review tarnish my experience but I might not have waited long enough.
Don't get me wrong, 3 stars means it's a good book, but who wants beef when you've had steak before or some such metaphor. For me it felt like the book didn't know what it wanted to be. Is it a horror (nope), is it a prison drama (sometimes), is it about addiction (in parts), is it a legal thriller (towards the end), is it trying to fit into everything without ever really settling on what it should be (YES!).
The style of writing makes up for the pacing and plotting as I find that in certain passages the pages whizzed by due to a nice flow and there are some interesting characters here but then when the genre confusion started battling it out on the page things slowed down and attention vanished.
For me the worst part was (view spoiler) and I couldn't get behind these parts and found my attention drifting. By the end I was more keen to just finish than actually find out what happens which sums up my thoughts quite a bit. There were good bits here but not in the majority, a shame really after the stellar TGWATG.
If you like this try: "The Shinning" by Stephen King for some real atmosphere
I received a free copy from NetGalley for review
Overall I was disappointed with this one. The Girl with all the Gifts blew me away and I was so impressed with it that I became a pusher and got loads of friends and family to read it. As soon as I saw that this was available on NetGalley I dusted off my account details and requested away. After a couple of days waiting (you old tease NetGalley) I was approved and ready to get going with it. Then I read some less than flattering reviews about it and it stopped me dead in my tracks. I waited for a bit until I felt I was in the right frame of mind for this to not let those review tarnish my experience but I might not have waited long enough.
Don't get me wrong, 3 stars means it's a good book, but who wants beef when you've had steak before or some such metaphor. For me it felt like the book didn't know what it wanted to be. Is it a horror (nope), is it a prison drama (sometimes), is it about addiction (in parts), is it a legal thriller (towards the end), is it trying to fit into everything without ever really settling on what it should be (YES!).
The style of writing makes up for the pacing and plotting as I find that in certain passages the pages whizzed by due to a nice flow and there are some interesting characters here but then when the genre confusion started battling it out on the page things slowed down and attention vanished.
For me the worst part was (view spoiler) and I couldn't get behind these parts and found my attention drifting. By the end I was more keen to just finish than actually find out what happens which sums up my thoughts quite a bit. There were good bits here but not in the majority, a shame really after the stellar TGWATG.
If you like this try: "The Shinning" by Stephen King for some real atmosphere
I received a free copy from NetGalley for review
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May 27, 2016 12:01PM
That's a bummer. I loved that other book too.
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I didn't read your spoiler because I too fell down the rabbit hole of auto request. However, I didn't REAAAALLLLLLY love The Girl With All The Gifts so maybe I'll enjoy this???? Your review has me intrigued . . . .
It's probably one of those books which has so many different styles there should be something you like but it might just bug you like it did me. Keen to see what you guys think if/when you get to it.
