Monday, March 7, 2011

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
This is one of those vampire/romance books that are read 97% by women. A woman at work recommended. Not quite my thing.

Ace: The main character is actually an extremely powerful witch but we don't find this out till late in the book. There are hints she's something special from early on. So decently so.

Injustice: Parents gruesomely murdered. People trying to force her away from her love. Could be more injustice for my taste.

Mystery: This is mainly what kept me just barely into finishing. The mystery of Ashmole 782. Unfortunately a little bit too much is withheld.

Decadence: It is a sort of romance book. Goes on about their love, which is really not my thing at all. Goes on a lot about smells and wine too. Also not my thing at all. And rowing at Oxford. More detail about jolly old England might have been nice. Really a book for women. Stereotypical women that is. Like Legend by Gemmell is maybe kind of for stereotypical (young) men.

It seemed like the writer changed her mind about things as she went. And added some stuff later on that was interesting but it seemed should have been mentioned sooner. Came across as just shoddily written.