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A review by pagesplotsandpints
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire
2.0
Read Completed 11/29/24 | 2 stars
1 | Every Heart a Doorway ★★★★☆
2 | Down Among the Sticks and Bones ★★★★☆
3 | Beneath the Sugar Sky ★★★★☆
4 | In an Absent Dream ★★★★☆
5 | Come Tumbling Down ★★★☆☆
6 | Across the Green Grass Fields ★★★★☆
7 | Where the Drowned Girls Go ★★☆☆☆
8 | Lost in the Moment and Found ★★★☆☆
9 | Mislaid in Parts Half-Known ★★★☆☆
10 | Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear ★★☆☆☆
I'm just not sure why I'm not connecting with these anymore. I found this installment entirely boring and couldn't get any interested in this world. I think I really don't like the worlds that are more folklore & fairy tale with animals as a MAIN part of the world. I have a really hard time with it not feeling like just a nursery rhyme -- which could also entirely be the point.
I really, really didn't like the concept of Nadya's prothesis. In the beginning, when it's her adoptive parents making the decision for her, it's a terrible thing that she's never consulted or asked if it's what she wants to do... but then when she magically gets a prosthesis in the underwater world, it's totally okay. So is it what she wanted all along and that's why magic grants it to her? I thought it would be more lovely if she didn't have that because she kept saying how she was perfect the way she was born. I thought it would make more sense for her to perfectly adept for this world that welcomed her without adding something like that -- that would be better suited for continuing the concept that she was perfect the way she was.
I keep getting disappointed in this series, but I loved the early installments so I keep trying. I think the origin stories are more difficult because they're so separate from the *plot*. I know that's not the point of a lot of these origin stories, but something just feels a little empty at times.
This was just a miss for me because of what the world was and it wasn't something I enjoyed, but there were also elements that I just didn't enjoy and some writing choices I didn't love. I'll keep trying a few more, but if they keep going like this, I may have to abandon this series.
1 | Every Heart a Doorway ★★★★☆
2 | Down Among the Sticks and Bones ★★★★☆
3 | Beneath the Sugar Sky ★★★★☆
4 | In an Absent Dream ★★★★☆
5 | Come Tumbling Down ★★★☆☆
6 | Across the Green Grass Fields ★★★★☆
7 | Where the Drowned Girls Go ★★☆☆☆
8 | Lost in the Moment and Found ★★★☆☆
9 | Mislaid in Parts Half-Known ★★★☆☆
10 | Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear ★★☆☆☆
I'm just not sure why I'm not connecting with these anymore. I found this installment entirely boring and couldn't get any interested in this world. I think I really don't like the worlds that are more folklore & fairy tale with animals as a MAIN part of the world. I have a really hard time with it not feeling like just a nursery rhyme -- which could also entirely be the point.
I really, really didn't like the concept of Nadya's prothesis. In the beginning, when it's her adoptive parents making the decision for her, it's a terrible thing that she's never consulted or asked if it's what she wants to do... but then when she magically gets a prosthesis in the underwater world, it's totally okay. So is it what she wanted all along and that's why magic grants it to her? I thought it would be more lovely if she didn't have that because she kept saying how she was perfect the way she was born. I thought it would make more sense for her to perfectly adept for this world that welcomed her without adding something like that -- that would be better suited for continuing the concept that she was perfect the way she was.
I keep getting disappointed in this series, but I loved the early installments so I keep trying. I think the origin stories are more difficult because they're so separate from the *plot*. I know that's not the point of a lot of these origin stories, but something just feels a little empty at times.
This was just a miss for me because of what the world was and it wasn't something I enjoyed, but there were also elements that I just didn't enjoy and some writing choices I didn't love. I'll keep trying a few more, but if they keep going like this, I may have to abandon this series.