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A review by nhborg
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
3.0
2.5
Nope… didn’t work for me:/ The thing is, I like what the book is trying to do, and there are many elements which made this a potential win for me: the gothic atmosphere, the language, the mystery, the cultishness. Yet it fell flat. Maybe the audiobook is somewhat to blame, but the story felt incredibly monotone and dragging. One of the POVs always failed to make an impact, amounting to ~50% of the book feeling like a waste of time. It also just didn’t feel original; every new aspect introduced was just a slightly modified version of a tale I’ve already heard before. Overall, this was very forgettable and will probably only reside in my mind as a slight annoyance over Indigo.
Nope… didn’t work for me:/ The thing is, I like what the book is trying to do, and there are many elements which made this a potential win for me: the gothic atmosphere, the language, the mystery, the cultishness. Yet it fell flat. Maybe the audiobook is somewhat to blame, but the story felt incredibly monotone and dragging. One of the POVs always failed to make an impact, amounting to ~50% of the book feeling like a waste of time. It also just didn’t feel original; every new aspect introduced was just a slightly modified version of a tale I’ve already heard before. Overall, this was very forgettable and will probably only reside in my mind as a slight annoyance over Indigo.