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These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall

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nitterbug's review

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dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

ehwilltolive's review

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

this book hurt me because it had a few very cool concepts squandered by the book being way longer than it should have been which utterly fucked the horror because you'd have scenes of really intense hallucinations and horrors followed by the main character sleeping and us jumping a month ahead and never thinking about it. Also the reveal was cool, yes, and it made a lot of things cooler in retrospect, but I feel like if the book needs to be reread to be fully appreciated maybe it's not as good as it thinks. I would have loved it shorter, with more focus on a few things, rather than long and focusing on too many things. I also think her relationship with her mom should have been better established for the end to hit like I think it was meant to. Honestly if they had picked her relationship with her mother, or with the Harrow Witch, I think the emotional depth of the book could have been aided immensely.

melkelsey's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Book 123

I listened to These Fleeting Shadows, a horror novel complete with a creepy haunted house, ghosts, a witch, and a tantalizing mystery. A good, surprising read with good character development

jjames_mal's review

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

This YA horror follows a girl who has a very particular and dark past, who gets the chance to inherit a mansion and millions of dollars if she stays there for a year, but more than that she gets answers.

I just read this book in one sitting and I’ve completely forgot how to describe anything. The plot is good, the writing is beautiful, the hardback has stained my fingers blue after not putting it down for hours. I think describing it as a horror doesn’t do it justice as it’s also very speculative fiction and doesn’t focus so much on some gory details as the otherworldly weight of it all. I would recommend it.

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