First of all I won't be officially rating this because I just don't think it's fair , due to the fact that I only read a few pages . ( It's definitelyFirst of all I won't be officially rating this because I just don't think it's fair , due to the fact that I only read a few pages . ( It's definitely a one star tho ...more
A Spectacle of Souls starts off strong with magical intriging scenes . I love the scene where Kaitlyn and Vanessa go to the circus for the first time A Spectacle of Souls starts off strong with magical intriging scenes . I love the scene where Kaitlyn and Vanessa go to the circus for the first time .From then on I felt a pretty strong Caraval vibe when all the 'magical' treats were handed around .
I soon found myself engrossed in this sparkling new world , and unable to put it down . I hoped this would be the next Caraval ,but that was not to be . Somewhere after the halfway mark I struggled to retain interest . The plot didn't really seem to go anyplace .
The things I was able to ignore about the story previously began to irritate me . Several scenes , and discussions felt forced or irrelevant . An example of this is when a character describes how they make a taco , they proceed to ' joke ' about how something must be wrong with the MC because she doesn't like tacos ! During several climactic scenes in the story there were lines like this it seemed formulated for forced comic relief . Rather than giving comic relief it just felt random and irritated me .
One of the main things that bugged me were the characters themselves . I didn't like the way Vanessa and Kaitlyn had such casual sexual relationships.
Vanessa sometimes had several affairs at a time, in the most slutty classless manner I've seen in quite some time . Kaitlyn has a casual relationship with a guy on and off because " he feels safe and comfortable " . This just didn't sit right with me . If these kinds of things had been portrayed as harmful or if they'd changed their ways I would've been all here for it . These kinds of harmful though realistic pictures have no place in YA books especially.
So while I enjoyed the first part of the story ,the second part lagged much to keep my attention .
Content : PG-13 ( This stuff didn't sit well with me )
*Dark stuff like "demons " aka lost souls
*Messed up spiritual stuff
*Strong language
* Violence and murder
*Very descriptive kissing
*Character is said to have sometimes more than one affair at a time
*Psychics and palm reading
Thank you so much to Netgalley , the publisher ,and especially the author for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for a review . ( Much love to the author I wish you the best in all your future endeavors) ...more
I've never rolled my eyes , or highlighted and written notes so much in a book EVER. The entire thing was juts weird the characters This ain't it Bro
I've never rolled my eyes , or highlighted and written notes so much in a book EVER. The entire thing was juts weird the characters especially those of Hailey and Kira - I suspect they're aliens . Also please be warned this review is going to be very long due to the fact that I have so much to rant about . Also please be aware of triggers *cutting , suicide , possible rape , and sexual abuse *
First of all let's talk about Hailey . Hailey is just weird from page one . I waited for some big revelation about her having some sort of mental condition that makes her act the way she does . The way that Kira interacted with her was just weird she was constantly ( in the flashback scenes ) tiptoing around her ;
" I (was) ...unsure if I should step in or out. Hurricane Haylee could blow stronger than the wind, pound harder than the rain, and I couldn't tell if it was coming or going. "
From the first scene she's compared to this and it seems like everyone just says with a laugh " That's Haylee for you ". It is revealed that she has depression and anxiety but the way she acts is kinda pschyo .
The second thing was that Haylee obsessively keeps a diary in which ;
"Sometimes the lies she made up were about me. And if someone read those, they'd have no way to sort the truth from the lies."
Kira acts as if this was a normal thing that Haylee constantly made up things , if that was true then wouldn't her parents have done something about it ? If that stuff was so serious that she was panicking why didn't anyone else know about her lying about stuff that she believed it was true .
Even once the secret was revealed about Haylee,and the story was wrapped up her strange behavior still made no sense they didn't line up with what was going on and most of the things she did can't be blamed on anxiety or depression .
Haylee says that her Mom didn't want anyone to know that Haylee took meds for depression and anxiety because she didn't want them thinking " she was crazy " . Again there were times when she acted like a person with anxiety would , or depression I'm not at all debating that . What I'm saying is that there was something even more seriously wrong with that girl than the given diagnosis that everyone just brushed off , problems aside she was an awful person and I honestly don't blame people for not liking her .
Kira talks about how Haylee was her best friend and constantly defends her ,but all in all Haylee was a terrible friend and person in general . She was selfish and explosive when things didn't go her way , she was a brat. She kept two people apart that clearly loved each other by lying to both of them about the others feelings her only reason being that she didn't want to be the third wheel. ...more
This author's " take " on Rogue is enough to make Stan Lee rise from the dead just to throttle him. I can't even call her that at this point because This author's " take " on Rogue is enough to make Stan Lee rise from the dead just to throttle him. I can't even call her that at this point because the character hardly is even reminscent of Rogue . The only thing on this story reminiscent of Rogue or the X Men universe is her powers .
Not only was I dissapointed by her as a character but also her story ,and the boring course that this book took . There was so much potential for rogue as a character but the author chose to take us cross country , from atm machine to atm machine . Honestly it was dragging on . Not only that we get a unwanted romance with this James character who is MARRIED , not to mention a slap in the face to my dude GAMBIT !! The elements of this story reminiscent of Rogue or the X men universe is her powers , clothing , and her deadly first kiss .
Content ; PG -13 *A lot of " touching " over clothes . *The thing I found most disgusting was Rogue wearing a ski mask and trying to make out with James while wearing it because she actually can't touch people . *Mention of man's genitals coming out of his pants . *Heavy on the language .
Always read the reviews of other books . I didn't even get a chapter into it yet and she's already having some sexual reaction to this guy ....not for Always read the reviews of other books . I didn't even get a chapter into it yet and she's already having some sexual reaction to this guy ....not for me honey . An erotica warning would be nice ,just saying ....more
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