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Rating: 2 out of 5
Genre: Horror
Hello friends!
In this blog, I’m reviewing The Sight by Melanie Golding. As usual, the first half of the review will be spoiler-free, and more about my overall thoughts. The second half will contain spoilers, so look away if you haven’t read the book yet.
There’s a new trend where authors have great ideas but no follow-through. The back story is missing. I needed to understand the magic system and where Faith’s gifts came from. Who was her great-grandmother? Why were their gifts different?
Something about the story kept me reading. It was intriguing at times, but I was left wanting in the end.
The Sight has a few good plot twists. Then there are the moments that make you want to rip your hair out.
Great weaving of the characters together.
Golding hits you over the head with the great-grandmother stories, but they didn’t lend any insight into what was happening.
The story was contradictory at times. Golding builds her own rules and then breaks them later.
The thematic elements felt contrived at times.
The Sight was missing its bones. It had all the facial features and a lot of skin, but nothing to hold the body together. It collapsed under the slightest pressure. I struggled to see how anything had any meaning or the point of the story by the end. I wanted to like the story because it was a great premise.
No character arc. Not a character-driven story. Not a plot-driven story. Then what was it?
Now look away if you don’t want spoilers.
So the great-grandmother appears alone in the woods and no one questions that? They let her marry one of the circus people. How is that not suspect? Was there a spell involved? I feel that the great-grandmother had some ulterior motive and that’s why she’s sticking around.
What the hell happened when Faith stabbed her eye? How did that trigger her to see her great-grandmother? Why wasn’t she blinded? She stabbed her FUCKING eye!
Why is the circus traveling such a small circumference? Faith was able to access her mom at all times. Could they have set up a more permanent location?
Happy Reading!
Love,
Kait