The Oath by Michael L. Lewis reminded me too much of Harry Potter and so many other books that are set in the UK. I ended up stopping reading it because I just could not get into the story like I wanted to do.
The prologue was interesting, but confusing and I had no clue why it would be relevant to the story or why the character acted the way he did. I feel like I would have needed more backstory before being told that seeing a dead boy meant they were both going to die. Then it moves onto the first chapter with a boy on a train going to a boarding school and trying to act all cool in front of his mum while hoping no one would enter his compartment. I kind of lost interest once a group of older kids joined him and started to talk to each other. I know it was done to build more into the world, but I started predicting things that would happen especially when they start naming names.
Maybe I'm just being weird or too picky on stories, but the train had me feeling like I was going to start reading a Harry Potter book and the prologue had me feel like I was watching the show The Alieniest (I think I spelled it wrong, but the one that starts with a boy is dead. and he helps people that tend to be alienated from society because they don't fit into society's norms).
2 out of 5 stars.
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