Aiden
It has been a few weeks since I have read this book, but the disappointment stuck around for this long, so I decided to type up a small review.
Let me clarify that I enjoyed the book, hence the 3/5 rating, the book has a fascinating premise that kept me reading even through the less than good parts.
The issues arise fairly early - the author's writing style has some problems, especially when considering the genre. A Botanical Daughter is advertised as horror, yet the language feels very “wannabe elegant” and is ridden with many unnecessarily flowery adjectives, even considering the Victorian setting it was just too much, and took me out of the more unsettling scenes.
Additionally, there just aren't that many scenes that instill fear. There is also very little suspense, though this might be because of how desensitized I am to horror media. If you are looking for a mild horror experience, I could see myself recommending it though.
The characters, while seemingly consistent in the beginning fall flat towards the end, their descent to madness is done rather clumsily so it just felt like they were going ooc for plot convenience. There were scenes where I found myself sighing and pinching the bridge of my nose just wanting for the book to be done. Though it starts picking up again towards the end and brings up more interesting plot points, which changed my rating from a 2 to 3.
Overall I found the book quite enjoyable besides its issues, from what I know this the Author's debut books and does have a lot of potential, I just found it to be a bit dissapointing.
It has been a few weeks since I have read this book, but the disappointment stuck around for this long, so I decided to type up a small review.
Let me clarify that I enjoyed the book, hence the 3/5 rating, the book has a fascinating premise that kept me reading even through the less than good parts.
The issues arise fairly early - the author's writing style has some problems, especially when considering the genre. A Botanical Daughter is advertised as horror, yet the language feels very “wannabe elegant” and is ridden with many unnecessarily flowery adjectives, even considering the Victorian setting it was just too much, and took me out of the more unsettling scenes.
Additionally, there just aren't that many scenes that instill fear. There is also very little suspense, though this might be because of how desensitized I am to horror media. If you are looking for a mild horror experience, I could see myself recommending it though.
The characters, while seemingly consistent in the beginning fall flat towards the end, their descent to madness is done rather clumsily so it just felt like they were going ooc for plot convenience. There were scenes where I found myself sighing and pinching the bridge of my nose just wanting for the book to be done. Though it starts picking up again towards the end and brings up more interesting plot points, which changed my rating from a 2 to 3.
Overall I found the book quite enjoyable besides its issues, from what I know this the Author's debut books and does have a lot of potential, I just found it to be a bit dissapointing.