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A review by melbsreads
Waer by Meg Caddy
3.0
Trigger warnings: death of family members, torture, war, violence, seriously just SO MUCH TORTURE.
I read this because it's short listed for the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers this year. And...honestly? I'm not sure why.
I've read a lot of great Australian young adult literature from the past year. And this pales in comparison. Let's bullet point some shit.
- The worldbuilding is...dribbled out. As a result, I never felt like I had a full understanding of the world or how it worked.
- I though the big plot twist with Lycaea was predictable af.
- The romance was instalove central.
- The pacing felt really off.
- Like, it started solidly, and then the middle dragged on forever and ever. And then the ending was kind of abrupt?
- It was hella violent. Like, suuuuuuuuuper violent.
- The world is very Welsh, and that reminded me of Meryll of the Stones and then I was sad that I wasn't rereading Meryll of the Stones rather than reading this.
Sooooo. Yeah. I quite liked the writing. But this story just straight up wasn't for me.
I read this because it's short listed for the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers this year. And...honestly? I'm not sure why.
I've read a lot of great Australian young adult literature from the past year. And this pales in comparison. Let's bullet point some shit.
- The worldbuilding is...dribbled out. As a result, I never felt like I had a full understanding of the world or how it worked.
- I though the big plot twist with Lycaea was predictable af.
- The romance was instalove central.
- The pacing felt really off.
- Like, it started solidly, and then the middle dragged on forever and ever. And then the ending was kind of abrupt?
- It was hella violent. Like, suuuuuuuuuper violent.
- The world is very Welsh, and that reminded me of Meryll of the Stones and then I was sad that I wasn't rereading Meryll of the Stones rather than reading this.
Sooooo. Yeah. I quite liked the writing. But this story just straight up wasn't for me.