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The Sacrifice , by Rin Chupeco

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chloe_spencer1800's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

golden_goose's review against another edition

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3.0

I love Rin's work but this one left me feeling rushed. The creativity and her mind was definitely there but the writing felt off and didn't come close to the level of the bone witch or the girl from the well. I still loved the concept and story line though!

mikole's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

hawkscratch's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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rachelsinabook's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

theanggegames's review against another edition

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4.0

oooh i'm so torn. all i know is that this is a 3 to 4 star rating for me. i'll bump it up to 4.

i liked this book, okay. i liked the plot twists, the slow reveal of stuff. i kinda knew that Alon

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is the sacrificed woman's child

but also i was surprised that they

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were actually the Diwata's adopted child

lmao. it made sense to be honest.

i also like how the ritual

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was never finished

! i was fully expecting

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Alon to be in on it

but that was a nice subversion of the trope.

and of course, the colonialism comments *chef's kiss*. although, it is weird that they're supposed to be near Leyte but Alon's speaking in Tagalog. they were also

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raised by their grandma

so i don't know. It would have been cool if Alon did speak in Waray the few times that he talked using a Filipino language.

this is scary but not "put down the phone to recover" scary for me. i made a lot of "ooh that is disgusting" faces while reading though hahaha. maybe this is why i'm on the fence about the rating. but all in all, this is a nice spooky read.