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Bitten (Women of the Otherworld, #1)
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Well, I think it’s very safe to say that I am not a fan of Kelley Armstrong’s writing style. Too bad, she’s very popular. But I just could not get into this and I tend to love Urban Fantasy. So what happened?
Well, for starters I think I am starting to tire of the Werewolf plot in books� you’d think it would be the Vampire storyline, but no. I get so bored by reading all of the pack dynamics and posturing. As a result there’s only a few shining examples of Werewolf fiction done extremely well for me � Maggie Stiefvater, Andrea Cremer, and Sisters Red were also quite good. Though, admittedly, the Werewolves were the baddies, not the goodies. I’m just not big on Werewolves being the only preternatural element. They don’t do it for me to carry a story. That said it’s a good thing I am planning on reading this soon. Le eyeroll.
Besides that Armstrong’s writing style does very little for me. I read The Summoning before and I was underwhelmed. Her writing does not compel me, does not keep my attention glued to the pages. She spends way to long establishing ideas for my tastes (sometimes a whole page devoted to one paragraph). And the inner dialogue of Elena does not makes her sympathetic to me. I didn’t like her as a narrator, and (from what Armstrong fans and friends of mine tell me) she’s supposed to be the best narrator of the whole series?! Incredulous. I was bored the whole first chunk of the book and, as a result, didn’t even crack my customary 75 page rule. Ouch.
1 out of 5 stars.
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bookshelves: need-to-finish-did-not-finish, werewolf-shapeshifter, read-in-2010, medium-length-book, urban-dark-fantasy-paranormal, first-person-narrative, series
Oct 06, 2009
bookshelves: need-to-finish-did-not-finish, werewolf-shapeshifter, read-in-2010, medium-length-book, urban-dark-fantasy-paranormal, first-person-narrative, series
Well, I think it’s very safe to say that I am not a fan of Kelley Armstrong’s writing style. Too bad, she’s very popular. But I just could not get into this and I tend to love Urban Fantasy. So what happened?
Well, for starters I think I am starting to tire of the Werewolf plot in books� you’d think it would be the Vampire storyline, but no. I get so bored by reading all of the pack dynamics and posturing. As a result there’s only a few shining examples of Werewolf fiction done extremely well for me � Maggie Stiefvater, Andrea Cremer, and Sisters Red were also quite good. Though, admittedly, the Werewolves were the baddies, not the goodies. I’m just not big on Werewolves being the only preternatural element. They don’t do it for me to carry a story. That said it’s a good thing I am planning on reading this soon. Le eyeroll.
Besides that Armstrong’s writing style does very little for me. I read The Summoning before and I was underwhelmed. Her writing does not compel me, does not keep my attention glued to the pages. She spends way to long establishing ideas for my tastes (sometimes a whole page devoted to one paragraph). And the inner dialogue of Elena does not makes her sympathetic to me. I didn’t like her as a narrator, and (from what Armstrong fans and friends of mine tell me) she’s supposed to be the best narrator of the whole series?! Incredulous. I was bored the whole first chunk of the book and, as a result, didn’t even crack my customary 75 page rule. Ouch.
1 out of 5 stars.
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Reading Progress
October 6, 2009
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June 30, 2010
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Started Reading
July 1, 2010
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need-to-finish-did-not-finish
July 1, 2010
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werewolf-shapeshifter
July 1, 2010
– Shelved as:
read-in-2010
July 1, 2010
– Shelved as:
medium-length-book
July 1, 2010
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urban-dark-fantasy-paranormal
July 1, 2010
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first-person-narrative
July 1, 2010
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Finished Reading
November 9, 2012
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Jun 30, 2010 08:33PM
this is kinda smutty. I found myself covering the pages when I sat next to older people.
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well then I feel better. There's only so much smut I can handle.
I could not stand Elena conflict ion over her relationships.... And her morals need some work, werewolf or not. I absolutely hated this book, I will not pick up another book by mrs Armstrong unless i have absolutely read everything on my tbr list....
Book is not a keeper.
Thank you! Your review perfectly described my reaction to this book. I made it halfway through the book, gave up, and put it down. I simply found the characters to be utterly uncompelling and found myself rooting for the 'mutts' to end the protagonists' lives and their boring existential crises.
the next few books in the series are better
I suggested this on another review's page as well, but you might like Dimestore Magic much better than Bitten. There's a different narrator, whom I know some readers prefer to Elena. Paige is also a witch, so it helps get away from that werewolf angle for a little bit.
I agree on this book. However, although I am usually an action first, people later kind of person I loved the Darkness Rising trilogy. I don't know the Darknest Power one.
The book is one of my favourites and the werewolves my favourite supernaturals in the series but I find Paige (Dimestore Magic) and Jaime (No Humans Involved) to be better narrators.I also think the politics of the witch/sorcerer world are far more interesting than the werewolf world.
The book is one of my favourites and the werewolves my favourite supernaturals in the series but I find Paige (Dimestore Magic) and Jaime (No Humans Involved) to be better narrators.I also think the politics of the witch/sorcerer world are far more interesting than the werewolf world.
