Monday, January 29, 2018

The Sky is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith

This book has an interesting premise: dragons have pretty much decimated a sprawling city. While many of the residents have fled, there are many who have stayed and they have learned to live with the randomness of the beast.

It sounded similar to that dragon movie, Reign of Fire.

The execution of the story is just plain awful.

Between the horribleness of Ripple the fifth, the crazy Abby, and even Swan, I did not care one iota about any of the characters. Specifically with Ripple, I felt like I was watching some kind of X-rated content.

I plunged ahead and found myself shaking my head at just how filthy I felt reading the book. When you read promotional material saying "genre-defying" that typically means the critics have no idea what they just read. It's just a bunch of mush thrown together and hoping some sticks.

Sorry Ms Smith, I did not care for this book at all. It had my attention with the inside flap and then it just dropped a lead ball into my gut.

Some critics may say that the story is written in such a way that is not normal on purpose. You're supposed to take a while to get familiar with the world she has created and the verbiage that is used.

That may be but even after that (I get the "toob" and "fems") I absolutely hated the story.

Not for me. I don't really know who this story would be for.

This book was provided for review, at no cost, by Hogarth Publishing. 

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