Reviews

Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian

lizziemarie01's review

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, War, and Suicide

katewutz's review

4.0

It’s like The Mists of Avalon meets Six of Crows—I’ve never read an Arthurian retelling that made the bonds between the main characters so complicated, nuanced, and also heartfelt.

Also, werewolf Guinevere is absolutely my favorite version of her. Didn’t know how much I wanted that until I read it here. Incredible.

rainy_stardust's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

valleygirllank's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

This book was about telling the future and I still was surprised by the ending. The characters were realatble and the story was well crafted.  I really enjoyed it.

elizabethmae's review

slow-paced

3.5

amobrien's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

stellarkestrel's review

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

buckeye_jenna_reads's review

4.0

I would give this one 4.5/5. Really enjoyed the story. Interesting perspective on the classic King Arthur story. It took me a long time to read it, but it was hard to read in large chunks. I didn’t really like the ending. It’s over 400 pages but the only ending felt rushed and left a lot of questions unanswered.

sobieski09's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

seasulls's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.25