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Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

6 reviews

cmbohn's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

3.75

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adoto's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I devoured the audiobook of this in one sitting but I can see why someone would struggle to read it quickly. It's written in a wordy, Austen-like style that I personally liked, but would be hard to get one's head around.

The cover does not properly set you up for what this story is: a very British story that both pays homage to early 19th century England as well as completely redresses its imperialism and overconsumption. It has Austen's wordiness and her dry wit, and it's hilarious when it wants to be, dark and gory when it doesn't.

The romance is sweet, but

Prunella's suddenly desire at the end to get married and have children at the end is a bit confronting, and ruins the catharsis of their getting together

. But romance is not the core focus of this story.

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ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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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maryannsophia's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

The setting and characters of this book are extremely unique, quirky, and at times bizarre. The style of the world, especially the Fairyland and magical people, definitely takes some getting used to. Overall, it was an interesting story and well-written, with lots of dry wit and blithe humor. But the characters do make decisions that are questionable and, often, creepy.

For one, while Prunella's use of her blood to hatch the familiar eggs makes sense, it felt a little unnecessarily TMI to me... however, one can't really expect anything less than a book that deals in the occult. But the really disturbing aspect was her sacrifice of Nidget to the dragon for her own purposes - and that this betrayal (similar to her mother's own murders, promiscuity, etc) was viewed as acceptable, and even appropriate. Similarly, the book had a rather confused view of religion, heaven, hell, morality, and dealings with spirits.

Overall, I found it a fascinating book, but one with large flaws that make it hard to recommend.

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aplanetarymind's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

I wasn't really engaged with the book initially, but after about halfway or so it really picked up for me. I quite enjoyed some of the realisations imparted towards the end, but the romance really fell flat for me. The characters just didn't seem to feel that strongly towards each other, so it felt a little random.

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achingallover's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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