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Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

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keggler's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

The story was a good reflective journey in finding oneself while wrestling with ones traumas.

natprince's review against another edition

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2.0

Honestly kind of a bummer. This book reminded me of a series of unfortunate events, one shitty thing happening after another. It was also very slow paced, and I didn’t really like any of the characters. I did finish it, but I struggled. I absolutely loved Seraphina, I liked Shadow Scale less, and this one I did not like. I kept reading and hoped it would get better, but it didn’t. I’m disappointed to say the least, I see what the author was trying to do but ultimately I think it was a miss.

ALSO I’m so disappointed for Seraphina. Her life sucks.

I recommend reading Seraphina, and maybe shadow scale, but I would put this one back on the shelf.

hacen0125's review against another edition

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DNF@21%

ohmygoshman's review against another edition

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5.0

THIS BOOK. SO. GOOD.

So, so, so good.

kayleighregan's review against another edition

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4.0

I enjoyed this book but I don't think I would read the sequel

mildlemons's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

maiwalker27's review against another edition

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3.0

I didn’t know until after I finished the book that there is a series before this that I should have read before. I try to go into blind when it comes to books so I don’t usually read a synopsis. I just check to make sure it was book 1 and then just start it.

Reading the Seraphina first might have made this a better experience but I can’t go back in time so I’ll just review it as it is to me.

The beginning was good. Middle was boring. Ending was great.

I did find that the character description and world building was not very detailed and for a book of this size I think it could have been. And to be honest not much really happens for a 500 page book. This is definitely more character driven than plot which is fine but for the middle section of the book I was just bored and almost DNF’d. I kept reading because I was intrigued by the concept of the serpent and wanted to to know what happened.

I thought the ending was great. Enough so I’m going to read the second book. It is a bit shorter so hopefully will be able to keep my interest better than this one.