milksop's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
4.0
I was pleasantly surprised when I judged this book by it's cover, and turned out to be right for once! This book was really cool, very atmospheric and imaginative.
tinmanreading's review against another edition
4.0
I’ve yet to meet a Frances Hardinge book I didn’t love.
Her prose and worldbuilding seem so effortless and incredible I wonder if she is real.
Everyone should read her work. All of it. Immediately
Her prose and worldbuilding seem so effortless and incredible I wonder if she is real.
Everyone should read her work. All of it. Immediately
lynx_rechts's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.5
librariancollections's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
sandy_dream's review against another edition
dark
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic friendship and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Violence and Body horror
Minor: Murder
maddieoftheorangetree's review against another edition
4.0
This book pulled me out of a major reading slump, I was absolutely absorbed in it, I literally stayed up until like butt ass early in the morning on a school night to finish it which didn’t really effect how ‘energetic’ I was during the day which I found odd but anyways that’s unimportant .
If you want lying government and lying church and weirdo kid (I have no clue how old he was) befriends and old guy and seaside and fog this is a good book
Maybe not great if you’ve got thalassaphobia like really bad because they spend a lot of time with water and ocean
If you want lying government and lying church and weirdo kid (I have no clue how old he was) befriends and old guy and seaside and fog this is a good book
Maybe not great if you’ve got thalassaphobia like really bad because they spend a lot of time with water and ocean
eayazja's review against another edition
4.5
Kto powiedział, że bogowie muszą być piękni, inteligentni, wszechmocni? Mogą być okrutni, przerażający, kierowani jedynie instynktem pożerania ludzi.
Zakochałam się w tej książce. Na początku w tytule, okładce, później w stylu pisania, aż w końcu w fabule. Wręcz płynęłam przez tę opowieść. Opowieść o dobrych i złych wyborach, przyjaźni, niekoniecznie zdrowej, dorastaniu oraz bogach, dla których ludzie ograniczają się praktycznie wyłącznie do roli jedzenia.
Na pewno nie jest to moje ostatnie spotkanie z książką tej autorki
Zakochałam się w tej książce. Na początku w tytule, okładce, później w stylu pisania, aż w końcu w fabule. Wręcz płynęłam przez tę opowieść. Opowieść o dobrych i złych wyborach, przyjaźni, niekoniecznie zdrowej, dorastaniu oraz bogach, dla których ludzie ograniczają się praktycznie wyłącznie do roli jedzenia.
Na pewno nie jest to moje ostatnie spotkanie z książką tej autorki
renel's review
4.0
FINALLY!! A coverbuy that actually had an interesting story! I am pleasantly surprised by this book! It’s about two “””friends””” (even though there is a clear power dynamic and one is a bitch) who live on an weird island with gods and two seas and do *bad things* and *oop* get caught so one of the two boys, Hank gets send to work for a doctor as punishment. When working he discovers a heart of a now dead god but them his “””friend”””” Jelt snatches it away. Bad stuff happens.
The story had a realy slow start and for a big part nothing really happened (just like Ninth House a bit) and you wonder what the plot it. I personally still liked the slow part of the story. I did dislike how slow Hanks character development was because Jelt is a shitty friends and Hank would keep coming back to him. But luckily more toward 2/3rds of the book the speed started to pick up and Hank finally realised that Jelt is a little bitch and befriends Quest and Selphin to go on an adventure! Yay! So was a bit annoyed at Hank and his choices in the first part of this book (he was a pussy) but it turned out well. Als Quest Hank and Selphin had strong found family vibes but that plot just wasn’t explored enough and their connection/relation not strong enough for it to actually be found family.
Also many many typos in this book!!!!
The story had a realy slow start and for a big part nothing really happened (just like Ninth House a bit) and you wonder what the plot it. I personally still liked the slow part of the story. I did dislike how slow Hanks character development was because Jelt is a shitty friends and Hank would keep coming back to him. But luckily more toward 2/3rds of the book the speed started to pick up and Hank finally realised that Jelt is a little bitch and befriends Quest and Selphin to go on an adventure! Yay! So was a bit annoyed at Hank and his choices in the first part of this book (he was a pussy) but it turned out well. Als Quest Hank and Selphin had strong found family vibes but that plot just wasn’t explored enough and their connection/relation not strong enough for it to actually be found family.
Also many many typos in this book!!!!
elysephone_escapes's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
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? It's complicated
5.0
comradeoctopuscustardcake's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
One of my new favorite books! So good! Loved the melancholic vibes of this read.