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A Biblioteca dos Livros Mágicos by Emma Törzs

17 reviews

deez97's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Abandonment

jonsylvester110's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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

5.0

I absolutely loved Harry Potter as a kid and chased that high with YA fiction into my late 20s. I've soured on HP that last few years and realized I want to read more than just YA and this book satisified that and more... hoping for more from Emma Törzs!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Physical abuse, Violence, and Abandonment

relin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Really enjoyed the characters and the problems they solve! I'm so happy they find each other! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Torture, and Alcohol

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

emilywemily6's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book, but it’s hard to say why it’s not a five star for me. It started really slow because we got to know all the characters, and while I enjoyed that, it felt like the plot on the back cover revealed the plot 50% in to the book so it took a while to learn new things about the plot. I loved all of these characters and the book/blood magic and found it all fascinating. I would love to read more about this magic world and these characters but the book tied things together nicely. The plot and plot devices felt a little YA I think even in this adult book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and Classism

amesgeliebter's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

This was such an unexpected gem. Came for the magical library, stayed for the characters and plot twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

logicsmessystudy's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Excrement, Car accident, and Pregnancy

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

Aggressively good. Saskia Maarleveld has incredible taste in books. If she's narrating it, i know it will be a banger. And she's amazing at what she does!
I really, really enjoyed this story. The plot twists made complete sense and I felt proud of myself whenever I managed to see one coming, the characters are lovable, (I want to give all our protagonists a hug) and the descriptions of sensations were vivid and visceral. I loved every moment. 
It was also a stunning portrayal of how people deal with trauma, especially trauma inflicted by one's primary caregivers. Excellent work!

My one critique would be that they struggled a bit with writing the 4-person conversation between Ester, Johanna, Nicholas and Collins where the 're trying to decide what to do with the wards. It felt forced and repetitive, and constantly reminded me of the fact that this is a story written by a person, and not just me being a fly on the wall for a real life conversation. I didn't notice this with any other conversation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

jane_bee28's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Physical abuse and Violence

silversparkles50's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Murder