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Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

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tovetott's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy shit... Holy fcking shit....

I had waved off this book as a "booktok book" for so long after seeing it get so much hype, but I'd like to formally apologize to every time I did.

The politic plays... the betrayals... the foreshadowing and callbacks and details and secrets, everything caught me off guard and hit me like a punch all the same every time, despite me throwing guesses and theories the entire time as I went. As soon as I thought I had an idea of where things were going, I found myself faced with a detail I had dismissed so easily when it had been staring me in the face the entire time; the phrase "anyone can betray anyone", to give one, heartbreakingly, embarassingly brutal example. The epilogue had me throwing myself across my room gasping in shock and writing Caps-lock notes into my Storygraph notes, even though I SHOULD HAVE FUCKING SEEN IT COMING. AND YET ??? 😭😭😭😭

I hope the quality holds up through the rest of the series, but one of the people I follow have rated the following books with 3-stars after this 5-star one, so I'm gonna stay cautiously optimistic.

I have not yet finished The Cruel Prince-series (I'm still in the middle of The Wicked King), but I would assume that if you liked that one, you'll devour this book/series just as quickly.

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nahhreally3's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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sweetchocolatez's review

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adventurous sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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pastorscratchy1reads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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strawberrytheauthor's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

This book was exactly what I expected it to be and was therefore fabulous! It’s a really easy and predictable read. I am excited to read the rest of the series.

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ladybug12793's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark fast-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

A fast read.

The foreshadowing made the plot twist pretty obvious, but the ending was still somewhat surprising.

I have previously read Powerless, and have heard that it is very similar to Red Queen. I agree, but they are both enjoyable in different ways. If you like one, then you’ll probably like the other. However, Red Queen has less romance and more violence in my opinion. Can’t wait to read the next book. If you like dystopian books with a little bit of trials thrown in then I recommend trying this book out.

0 🌶️

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