Reviews

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

onejazzycat's review

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

angeybotas's review against another edition

Es solo aburrido, es rápido pero lento al mismo tiempo y los personajes son re aburridos 

jenninurmiti's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

sashayi72's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

This could have been 400 pages max. I was so frustrated by the unnecessary detail of world building for the first 200-250 pages by the time anything actually happened I was very underwhelmed. All the areas that could have had great moments to add detail are glossed over while unnecessary detail about would building suffocates the reader. Even the main love story is glossed over, very minimal build up and sparse information on how the characters feel for each other and their experiences with each other. It is clear this writer is a good writer in general, and there are some great sentences that I loved, but the story telling is off and I didnt feel like I was pulled within the world, which is ironic given how much world building occurred… I pushed through this book because of all the great reviews (where is the epic story everyone talks about?) but this was one book I would have been ok not picking up to begin with. The second half of the book gets better. The last 25% had some good action. 

leah_only's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

celestialwillow's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

rhyskye's review

adventurous 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

4.25

tessoc's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

storm2300's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

If you love a fantasy adventure book that has dragons and strong women, then pick it up.

codeclub12's review

Took quite long to build the plot and it was kinda boring/confusing at the start