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Small Town, Big Magic by Hazel Beck

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oliviareadsalot's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense 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

amyapple's review against another edition

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1.0

What a dive.

The protagonist is a super annoying, self centred, one dimensional character who is also trying to be funny … I think? Rants on and on about not very much…

World building was terrible (if you can call it that) and the “romance” was sort of lumped in as it went along. It was almost like someone wrote this story without thinking what it was going to be about with zero planning.

The plot was fairly cliche albeit mundanely written and there was zero excitement through and through.

The ending did not make me want to read anymore but I did rejoice that it was all over and I can move on.

I do not recommend this. Probably one of the worst books I have ever read.

allisonrenee's review

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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? N/A

4.0

elletivo's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

p_a_griffin's review

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

I was into it at first, but as the story went on I got bored. Nothing was really changing and the plot movement was minimal (just lots of conversations and planning). The characters were sort of cute, but the in-your-face feminism was cartoonish and cumbersome to the point that I wondered if the author might be anti-feminist (not what I want in my witchy stories). The end is disappointing. Meh.