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agriffin's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
brittrivera's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-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
5.0
bookaholic_22's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
zaravive's review against another edition
4.0
Even though I am lying on my 'started reading' date, I did kinda read it all in one day. I've had it on my kindle for three months and for reasons I do not understand, it took me all this time to get through the first chapter. In several tries as well. IT'S ONLY 9 PAGES LONG. I can't explain, but the second I hit page 10, I didn't put it down again until I had finished.
Victoria Schwab has original ideas ! I am so impressed by how simple but undeniable new her plots and worlds are.
The struggles that the characters faze are easily transfearable to our non-fantasy world and her questions about heroes/villain, good/evil, morality and life/death are not bound to any genre.
Just take the idea for this book: at some point the fabric of the world can't outbalance the crimes caused by the humans of this world anymore and in their wake starts to birth monsters as a product of these actions - physical emodiments as consequences. cause - effect. It's such a theoretically obvious idea - yet I haven't seen it done before.
If I hadn't read her book 'vicious' before this one, I would've probably been even more surprised as to what she's capable of and how some characters arcs resolved.
Buzzing for the sequel !
Victoria Schwab has original ideas ! I am so impressed by how simple but undeniable new her plots and worlds are.
The struggles that the characters faze are easily transfearable to our non-fantasy world and her questions about heroes/villain, good/evil, morality and life/death are not bound to any genre.
Just take the idea for this book: at some point the fabric of the world can't outbalance the crimes caused by the humans of this world anymore and in their wake starts to birth monsters as a product of these actions - physical emodiments as consequences. cause - effect. It's such a theoretically obvious idea - yet I haven't seen it done before.
If I hadn't read her book 'vicious' before this one, I would've probably been even more surprised as to what she's capable of and how some characters arcs resolved.
Buzzing for the sequel !
daintyreader_98's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
- 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
4.0
clemireads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
5.0
asmith200's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-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
5.0