Thursday, September 25, 2008

Seal Island by Kate Brallier


First, I will start by admitting that I am already on my third book for the Fall into Reading challenge. I just wasn't sure how the reviews were done so I wanted to wait until I saw one on someone else's page. :) Yes, this means that I read WAY too much. I know, it's an addiction. To be fair though, the first three have been very easy reads. That being said, on to the review....

This was an extremely quick read that didn't require much, if any, thought at all. The writing style itself was extremely repetitive. I stopped counting how many times the author used the word lugubrious after I hit eight. Brallier definitely went overboard on the adjectives. Beyond the writing, the plot itself was fairly predictable. The big "surprise" was obvious to me within the first few chapters and I already knew "whodunit" well before I reached the end. All in all, I wouldn't recommend this book and it's not likely to encourage me to search out any of the author's other works.

Seal Island
Kate Brallier
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's impossible to read too much.

Steve and Eden said...

Thanks for the heads up. Good job on reading so many books already! I've managed to get done with 2, only 14 more to go, unless I add more to my list. lol

Kayren said...

Thanks for the honest review.

bigskygirls said...

Ack! I go crazy when an author overdoes it ont he adjectives and "$10 words". Thanks for the heads up!