Geekess reviewed Be the Serpent by Seanan McGuire
Review of 'Be the Serpent' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
First read: February 2023
3.5 stars out of 5
Doubting if I will round this up to 4. Maybe. It would be a round up to 4 but I HATE reset buttons in movies or books.
The books is very well-written as always with Seanan McGuire. She uses cheap tricks, the easiest and lowest of the low and easy to broadcast that impeding sense of doom that keeps you hooked while reading. She does that absolutely well, even though it feels cheap.
I just love the story too much to care about that.
Over the years and books one really starts to care for all Toby's friends. This book abuses that feeling. That makes the book awesome for a looooong while... until the end.
I felt robbed by the cop-out. The ending was anti-climactic. I really expected one of her friends to die. But nobody did (except for the kid, …
First read: February 2023
3.5 stars out of 5
Doubting if I will round this up to 4. Maybe. It would be a round up to 4 but I HATE reset buttons in movies or books.
The books is very well-written as always with Seanan McGuire. She uses cheap tricks, the easiest and lowest of the low and easy to broadcast that impeding sense of doom that keeps you hooked while reading. She does that absolutely well, even though it feels cheap.
I just love the story too much to care about that.
Over the years and books one really starts to care for all Toby's friends. This book abuses that feeling. That makes the book awesome for a looooong while... until the end.
I felt robbed by the cop-out. The ending was anti-climactic. I really expected one of her friends to die. But nobody did (except for the kid, which I didn't really care for because she barely had any real screentime. Just a mcguffin really.) and instead we get the reset button. It left a really bad taste in my mouth. I felt cheated.
But I know Seanan's writing by now. The next book will make up for it, probably :-D
Second read: May 2023
Rounding up to 4 stars, she deserves it, reset button or no (it's fixed in the next two books).
