Michele R

0

3.5

3.5

2.5 stars. Don't want to click on stars & bring down the average since I'm not YA audience.

2.5

3.5

2.75ish

3.5

3.75

2.5

I stopped listening to this almost 2/3 of the way in. It was making me too anxious.
Theo's choices and the path he was taking were too stressful to me.

Unlike some criticism I've read while trying to find out how the book finished, I don't think clichéd writing was a problem in this book. In a lengthy novel not everything can be inventive. There were, in fact, many times when a turn of phrase would be so creative and apt that I was astounded by the effect.

2.5

2.5

Most of the way through I thought I'd be giving this a 4.5, but the end slowed just enough that I'm leaving it at 4.

2.5

3.5

3.5

2.5ish More dense than I was expecting.

Loved the writing. Very rich. Bored by the story. Too much philosophizing.

Preachy. Way too preachy.

If I could add another 1/2 star, I would. I listened to an audiobook version read by James Marsters, and he was wonderful. Did a great job. I think that might be a large part of the reason why I enjoyed this book a bit more than I enjoyed the 1st Dresden book.

This book was a lot more boring than I expected.

I'm finding this book extremely hard to get into. I finally gave up, but then a couple of people I know said it's worth another try. One of them loved it. One of them really liked it, but had to force herself through the slow beginning. So, soon I will jump in again and see how it goes.