On Wings of a Dragon Book

I was unsure throughout most of this book whether I liked it or not, then the ending left me a bit bewildered about the erratic-ness of the story but a lot more certain of my feelings towards it: not great.

There were some questionable grammatical things in the writing as well of this weird habit of leaving out commas in long sentences where they definitely should have been. But those were just hiccups in the writing, there were other things that led me to this two star rating. Some of the narrative is nicely written and the dialogue isn't terrible, but it's hard to put my finger on exactly what part of the writing I didn't like. I think in general it just seems a little untrained or unpracticed, like this is the first book of a writer who might have some potential later on.

The story started off with a fairytale-esque quality that I think would have served it well if it had continued that way, but as it went on the complete lack of exposition and purposefully leaving the reader in the dark became a bit tedious, because there was nothing interesting to replace the information we are not given, if that makes any sense. I usually like when authors don't tell you all of the information, but in this case it made things a bit confusing and the story seemed to drag on a bit, because you know the answers will be revealed at some point and the longer they are held back the less curious you are about them. If that makes any sense. I think the story was just a bit ragtag and not necessarily tied together very well, but at the same time the plot itself was almost too straight-forward with too easy of a conclusion.

I know I seem to be contradicting myself but it makes sense in my head... The main thoughts I am left with are that while I don't think this book is good, I didn't hate it passionately enough to write a scathing review, because I feel like the author was trying her best... That's it, I guess I feel bad for not liking the book, which is silly. I just think reading it was kind of a waste of my time.