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A review by mycozybooknest
Ricochet by Kathryn Berla
Did not finish book.
***ARC provided by Netgalley and Flux Publishing in exchange for an honest review***
DNF at 45%. I can't really rate this (1.5*, maybe?!)
I thought the premise of this book sounded very interesting, and it definitely is but I am unable to get into the story at all because I am confused and am unable to relate and like any of the characters. i tried, I really did but I just can't.
This is the story of one girl in four different universes named Tatyana but she's Ana, Tati, Tanya and Tatyana. She gets frequent seizures that no doctor can explain as every test results come out normal. Her DNA test comes out inconclusive though. Turns out the seizures are not exactly that. Parallel lives exist and it's a threat to all universes.
The confusing part is that for 2 of the girls at least, the same people are in her life but the the situation is different and since those POV are happening one right after the other, you're not too sure who you're reading. The chapters are titled with the girl's POV. Ex: Chapter 17: Tati.
One last thing is that, it takes about half the book before anything starts happening and I found myself bored and actually not want to pick the book back up to keep reading. That is never a good sign for me. The idea of this is very interesting. As soon as I saw fans of Orphan Black would love this, and I adore that show, I really wanted to like this. It contains so many things I like: parallel universes, gay characters, psy thriller... it's got everything to grab me but it completely failed to do it.
DNF at 45%. I can't really rate this (1.5*, maybe?!)
I thought the premise of this book sounded very interesting, and it definitely is but I am unable to get into the story at all because I am confused and am unable to relate and like any of the characters. i tried, I really did but I just can't.
This is the story of one girl in four different universes named Tatyana but she's Ana, Tati, Tanya and Tatyana. She gets frequent seizures that no doctor can explain as every test results come out normal. Her DNA test comes out inconclusive though. Turns out the seizures are not exactly that. Parallel lives exist and it's a threat to all universes.
The confusing part is that for 2 of the girls at least, the same people are in her life but the the situation is different and since those POV are happening one right after the other, you're not too sure who you're reading. The chapters are titled with the girl's POV. Ex: Chapter 17: Tati.
One last thing is that, it takes about half the book before anything starts happening and I found myself bored and actually not want to pick the book back up to keep reading. That is never a good sign for me. The idea of this is very interesting. As soon as I saw fans of Orphan Black would love this, and I adore that show, I really wanted to like this. It contains so many things I like: parallel universes, gay characters, psy thriller... it's got everything to grab me but it completely failed to do it.