Alice in Waterdeep
It started out pretty okay, then became mid and, two thirds in, I ended up hating it. The characters are flat. The two main women in this one are basically the same character, and I know the similarities are kind of on purpose but it was way too much. The multi-POV structure is badly executed in my opinion: there's no point in showing me the exact same scene from two different perspectives if it adds nothing of value, if each perspective doesn't reveal something new.
I did not care about the plot at all, especially after a certain character death happened. The so called plot twists were so bland, and they were presented so neutrally that it kind of feels like not even the author fully believed in them. On top of that, I have yet to understand what is the point of having chapters from the detective's point of view as he "investigates" when the reader knows exactly what happened. The detective simply narrates "this happened, then this happened", he doesn't make any crazy connections, barely has any doubts. A waste of time really.
Also, the male characters - police officer included, in fact he was probably the worst - spend half their time talking about the women's bodies in a gross way. I should have DNFed.
It started out pretty okay, then became mid and, two thirds in, I ended up hating it. The characters are flat. The two main women in this one are basically the same character, and I know the similarities are kind of on purpose but it was way too much. The multi-POV structure is badly executed in my opinion: there's no point in showing me the exact same scene from two different perspectives if it adds nothing of value, if each perspective doesn't reveal something new.
I did not care about the plot at all, especially after a certain character death happened. The so called plot twists were so bland, and they were presented so neutrally that it kind of feels like not even the author fully believed in them. On top of that, I have yet to understand what is the point of having chapters from the detective's point of view as he "investigates" when the reader knows exactly what happened. The detective simply narrates "this happened, then this happened", he doesn't make any crazy connections, barely has any doubts. A waste of time really.
Also, the male characters - police officer included, in fact he was probably the worst - spend half their time talking about the women's bodies in a gross way. I should have DNFed.