I will keep this short even though the book decidedly WASN’T.
Obviously it was way too long. It drags in places that should be exciting and all but stands still the rest of the time. At least 200 pages could have been cut and probably should have been.
This was not a complete story, not even a complete arc. As soon as it starts to feel like you’re approaching something resembling a second act, the book inexplicably cuts off. WHY?!?!?! This is not a cliffhanger so much as it is an unfinished project.
The idea is cool and the beats of the story are *there* if only someone cut out the filler. We simply do not need watch Serilda complete one thousand iterations of the same tedious task. The story of the prince and how the Rumplestiltskin fairytale is flipped on its head is very clever, and I can tell Meyer is a talented writer. But I just could not get onboard with how slow moving this was. A bit of a disappointment if I’m being honest.
Obviously it was way too long. It drags in places that should be exciting and all but stands still the rest of the time. At least 200 pages could have been cut and probably should have been.
This was not a complete story, not even a complete arc. As soon as it starts to feel like you’re approaching something resembling a second act, the book inexplicably cuts off. WHY?!?!?! This is not a cliffhanger so much as it is an unfinished project.
The idea is cool and the beats of the story are *there* if only someone cut out the filler. We simply do not need watch Serilda complete one thousand iterations of the same tedious task. The story of the prince and how the Rumplestiltskin fairytale is flipped on its head is very clever, and I can tell Meyer is a talented writer. But I just could not get onboard with how slow moving this was. A bit of a disappointment if I’m being honest.