pastelbanana1's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Violence, Death, Gore, and Classism
Minor: Death of parent and Grief
gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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? Yes
4.0
The Details:
Narrated by Kate Marcin
Unabridged
The Land of stories but make it YA, with a little sprinkling of 1000 doors of January.
This was a delight.
I went into this one with no sort of expectation, just off a random peruse on my library app, when this stood out with a cool sounding blurb and a pretty cover and I feel like I should do that more often because this was quite successful.
I loved the concept of going into your favourite book to relive the magic of the story in a more genuine way and I enjoyed how it got turned on its head with the age old warning of don't meet your heroes.
It got sinister and dangerous and not at all like what our MCs were expecting, but it was such a joy to read, albeit, from the comfort of my sofa and not actually living it, like our MCs managed to do...
I loved getting to meet the characters and seeing how they lived up (or didn't) to Connie and Adele's expectations and how the characters of Moira reacted to people from the future.
I was a bit let down by the ending. It felt a bit too neatly wrapped up for the chaos that they endured in their adventure, but despite that, this was an entertaining experience!
Narrated by Kate Marcin
Unabridged
The Land of stories but make it YA, with a little sprinkling of 1000 doors of January.
This was a delight.
I went into this one with no sort of expectation, just off a random peruse on my library app, when this stood out with a cool sounding blurb and a pretty cover and I feel like I should do that more often because this was quite successful.
I loved the concept of going into your favourite book to relive the magic of the story in a more genuine way and I enjoyed how it got turned on its head with the age old warning of don't meet your heroes.
It got sinister and dangerous and not at all like what our MCs were expecting, but it was such a joy to read, albeit, from the comfort of my sofa and not actually living it, like our MCs managed to do...
I loved getting to meet the characters and seeing how they lived up (or didn't) to Connie and Adele's expectations and how the characters of Moira reacted to people from the future.
I was a bit let down by the ending. It felt a bit too neatly wrapped up for the chaos that they endured in their adventure, but despite that, this was an entertaining experience!
Content Warnings
Minor: Death
isabelleroyall's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Violence and Death
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