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Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

13 reviews

ughlex's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Trafficking

Moderate: Bullying

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, Bullying, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Deportation

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Death, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury

quasinaut's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

Moves along more quickly than Nevermoor. An exquisite world and exciting developments -- only wish Jupiter wasn't so frustrating and opaque! Morrigan has more patience with him than I do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Bullying

emily_mh's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this! The focus on the magical academy of WUNSOC was SO interesting to me, and I loved learning more about Nevermoor alongside Morrigan. Also, Jupiter and Morrigan’s adopted father-daughter relationship is everything. Docked a half-star because the plot lacked a clear direction. 

The audiobook was also, once again, incredible! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Violence, Car accident, Death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Animal death, Medical content, Gore, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Drug use, Drug abuse, War, Excrement, Blood, Ableism, and Child death

Graphic content warnings for blackmail. Minor warnings for mass death, drowning, capital punishment.

linesiunderline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense fast-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

Every bit as good as the first book in the series, Wundersmith is an immersive, enchanting reading experience that is very much worthy of being pressed into the hands of children as an alternate option to Harry Potter. 

This one moves along at a brisk clip, but atmosphere and world building never suffers. I love how Townsend weaves in exploration of themes such as otherness, found family and privilege, in an organic way. There’s attention paid to EVERYTHING - character development, sense of place, the magical elements, big ideas - which leaves the reader feeling so satisfied. And eager for book 3!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Kidnapping, Slavery, and Trafficking

bookishandjoyceful's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Listening Time: 11 Hours 50 minutes
Publication date: October 23, 2018

I enjoyed this sequel on @librofm , but this was a slow, but steady listen for me, but not because of the story, but because of life changes and everything for myself. It took me a while to get through this so I felt a little disconnected, however, despite feeling disconnected from the story because of not listening to this consistently and just in spurts I still really enjoyed the story and will probably re-listen to the series at some point in the future! The narration of this series has been phenomenal and I have definitely enjoyed getting to know Unit 919 of the Wundrous Society and Morrigan Crow. Fun easy listen that continues to move throughout the entire series book. I look forward to listening the the third book soon!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Bullying

starlessnights's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Trafficking, and Death

Moderate: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

totallyshelfaware's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Trafficking

Moderate: Kidnapping