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The Latinist, by Mark Prins

miss_fish's review

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No

2.5

kwinquist's review

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

4.0

obliviousstill's review

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dropped at 7% - i just don't care

akkray's review

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

4.5

shetlandpony's review against another edition

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3.0

This book is meant for a target audience, and that target audience is decidedly not me.

tarikalily's review

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

4.5

Story of loyalty and academic competition. Led chiefly by a sense of uncertainty and deceit. Felt very personal, and the touches of mystery through academic pursuit mirrored the mysteries in the narrative itself. Ending was striking and unexpected and left me feeling very uncertain as to how I felt about both main characters and their ends.

abbierose_m's review

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dark fast-paced

2.0

I think I hated this book. But it was engaging and I finished quickly. Not the fun kind of dark academia, though perhaps it’s just too close to home for me. It’s insightful, in its way, though also a blunt instrument, and I’m glad to be done with it. Truly do not read this if you’re ABD or on the job market…
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rileycal's review against another edition

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5.0

4.5 rounded up! genuinely loved this debut, but kind of hated
Spoiler the tessa & chris sex scene.

melialy1's review against another edition

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I think I’m totally turned off from the dark academia theme. So tired. 

raphynette's review

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

3.75