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Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

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ashley_eliza's review against another edition

3.0

First off, this was quite unlike anything I’ve read recently, so it was a nice change of pace. I enjoyed the setting and the world a great deal. The delivery, however…… the long and short of it is that I had a hard time enjoying the book when the tone was so miserable most of the time. The protagonist sure worries a lot, which, I understand why, but since the tone stayed worried, miserable, or frustrated, it was a bit hard to get through the book. Ultimately, this was an interesting story, but not particularly an enjoyable one.

fictionalwanderer's review against another edition

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2.0

Loved the beginning but found that this starts to drag around the 40% mark. I adore Marillier's writing, but her adult novels are much stronger than her YA stories.

shadowmaster13's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-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

bigbean's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

beckybmckinney's review against another edition

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4.0

Dracula and 12 Dancing Princess match-up. I mean, I don't know if there is a better fairytale combination. My one complaint is maybe because of the audiobook: the narrator is supposed to be 15, but the voice sounds more like a 12 year old. I don't know if this is the written voice or the audiobook narrator, but it was distracting. Otherwise, atmospheric and beautiful.

isabella_sans_merci's review against another edition

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Simply could not deal with the main character and the situation that got set up. “We’ve been going off to dance in Faerie for a long time but its okay because we would never do anything risky”. No girl, you’ve been taking those risks already. Your blind confidence in your ability to handle situations that you clearly cannot handle makes you stupid, I fear. I just couldn't keep waiting for the shoe to drop so that the plot could start