![]() The author abuses sentence fragments in a way I found deeply frustrating and distracting when she wanted to create a sense of appropriate atmosphere for the reader via description I had to train myself to look past that while reading. It was difficult to sympathize enough with anyone to care at the beginning, and it took quite a while for me to realize Sydney was the real protagonist of this tale. ![]() The large cast of significant characters made it difficult to keep things straight, especially Miranda and Madison (both of whom wore the surname Prospero) it took me a while to remember which was which, especially given how much each of them spent around desks and how they both tended to dress formally (if somewhat differently). Apparently high-stakes threats got brushed away with ease and perhaps a bit of anticlimax every time (apart from one major sacrifice, but that kinda got dropped in unceremoniously, with little sense of directed tension and, thus, little payoff). ![]() ![]() This might be a weird review, but I'll keep it short. ![]()
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