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Lost Feather by Merri Bright

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jessthebesst's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It starts out pretty slow but this is really good. There was enough mystery to keep me reading, and enough clues scattered throughout that I could figure out what was going on ahead of the main character and feel smart

ctdawley's review against another edition

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4.0

This book took a little while to get into. The protagonist the crazy in a humorous way but a little more out there then I tend to like. I enjoyed it enough to finish the series but it isn’t the top of any list for me.

brii_brii's review against another edition

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adventurous funny medium-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

kayleereads's review

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emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

jojesweden's review

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3.25

Story-wise, this was fine. Not the best, not the worst. Interesting enough that I'll keep reading the series.

However, I ear-read this, and wow. Wow, in a bad way.

The female narrator, Reagan West, did a good job. Except that she's one of those weird people who pronounce clitoris with the emphasis on the second syllable, i.e. cli-TOOR-us. I get that this is probably fine and just a local accent thing, but whenever I hear it, I instantly think of Gilbert Gottfried reading 50 Shades of Gray and the scene goes from hot to hilarious but mood-killing in an instant.

The male narrator however (or possibly, whoever edited his parts and fucked up royally) was absolutely atrocious. His voice was fine, but his narration was akin to Kevin Pollack's parody of William Shatner. Constant over-acting and putting emphasis and pauses in all the wrong places. Sometimes putting a pause in the middle of a sentence, but then continuing the sentence, completely changing the meaning of what was just said. But then he won't leave a pause between the ending of that sentence and the next, making them sound like one run-on sentence that makes no sense because it shifted focus in the middle. The fact that he also does this in dialogue, without clearly using different voices between different characters (except for gender) makes it almost impossible to follow. I constantly had to work to re-interpret what he was saying to decode the actual story being told.

Thankfully, the book was something like 80 % Reagan West narration, and I hope that continues for book 2 and 3.