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The Perfume Thief, by Timothy Schaffert

timemm's review

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adventurous emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

melaniexyz's review against another edition

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2.0

I wanted to like this book. I wanted to like it so much.
But the extra flowery prose made the first 75% of the book incredibly slow and hard to get through.
The story was very well researched and plot was good, the last 25% of the book was my favorite. The first 3/4ths… was painful.

faloneran's review

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adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

stacy837's review

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Slow, nothing happened, played at 1.25x to hurry it along, gave up half way through 

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meiklejohn's review against another edition

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reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

strawberrysky's review against another edition

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emotional informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

tayharnold's review

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adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

third_bookworm's review

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adventurous emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

dollspice's review

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

kellyjadepole's review

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5