Isle of Gods. Die Kinder von Atlantis by Alia Cruz
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I was given this ARC by NetGalley in return for an honest review.
It isn’t often I can find books written in German and much less so on NetGalley, but I was lucky to have been approved to read this story. I must say, it wasn’t what I had expected.
I found the characters too angst-driven and one-dimensional. They could not capture my attention or my interest. The insta-love and insta-lust made me roll my eyes so many times within the first few pages, I was afraid they might get stuck in some unsightly cross-eyed position.
The story itself wasn’t bad, but the constant remainder that the main character was actually too chubby and not pretty enough to be the main focus of a story got extremely annoying and just plainly ridiculous. I understand that the personality of the character needs to be established, but by god they young women come in all shapes and sizes, and not only tall, blond, thin and athletic females get to be heroines in a story. It soured the story for me and put me in a very bad mood.
Overall, I have to say I would give this one a pass. I tried, I really did try to like the story, but the cookie-cutter type execution was not for me.
