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A review by imme_van_gorp
Into the North by Amber Huxley
Did not finish book.
DNF @24%
In the very first few chapters I thought this was going to be great. Agnar seemed reverent and kind-hearted when it came to Marcus, and it looked like he wanted to treat him well. However, in the blink of an eye, he changed. Agnar became rough, cold and uncaring towards him, and with that, he ruined their entire dynamic for me.
I don’t mind the captor/captive trope, but I need the captor to care. I need the captor to fight for the love of the captive, to feel remorse and want to earn forgiveness.
Basically, I want the captor to have the upper hand physically, but the captive to have all the power emotionally.
I’m just not interested in a story of literal abuse. No thanksss.
Oh, and also, there is hardly any dialogue in this, and most of it is drawn-out descriptions. That’s definitely not my favourite type of writing, and tends to bore me to death.
So, I’m giving up. I don’t DNF often, but nothing about this is holding my interest.
In the very first few chapters I thought this was going to be great. Agnar seemed reverent and kind-hearted when it came to Marcus, and it looked like he wanted to treat him well. However, in the blink of an eye, he changed. Agnar became rough, cold and uncaring towards him, and with that, he ruined their entire dynamic for me.
I don’t mind the captor/captive trope, but I need the captor to care. I need the captor to fight for the love of the captive, to feel remorse and want to earn forgiveness.
Basically, I want the captor to have the upper hand physically, but the captive to have all the power emotionally.
I’m just not interested in a story of literal abuse. No thanksss.
Oh, and also, there is hardly any dialogue in this, and most of it is drawn-out descriptions. That’s definitely not my favourite type of writing, and tends to bore me to death.
So, I’m giving up. I don’t DNF often, but nothing about this is holding my interest.