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rorikae's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I continue to be enchanted by this series by Christelle Dabos. Though I can't go in-depth about the plot since this is book three, this book continues to have an engaging plot that showcases a set of dynamic characters. In this book, Ophelia heads to Babel to try and find answers to questions posed at the end of the previous installment.
Dabos's world feels fairytalelike with lots of fascinating characters and magical occurrences. In each subsequent book, we've come to understand more about the world and those who rule over it. In this book, it feels like Ophelia is even closer to uncovering answers and understanding the full breadth of what is happening. I'm excited to read the next book and see how the entire series concludes.
Dabos's world feels fairytalelike with lots of fascinating characters and magical occurrences. In each subsequent book, we've come to understand more about the world and those who rule over it. In this book, it feels like Ophelia is even closer to uncovering answers and understanding the full breadth of what is happening. I'm excited to read the next book and see how the entire series concludes.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Murder
Minor: Ableism and Confinement
e_riahh's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Classism
friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition
4.5
This one went by really quickly. Cristelle dabos is a genius who can create very unique and complicated world, politics and relationships.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Vomit
a_islandcriptid's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Toxic friendship
Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism
sydapel's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-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? No
4.0
Probably the slowest installment of this series so far, but excellent in terms of how subtly the plot comes to the forefront by the end. This series has me in a total chokehold with how effectively it feels both sinister and whimsical.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, and Murder
jstilts's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Very different to the previous books: Ophelia has gone from hiding in shadows to making her mark, and after the last cliffhanger (and a few years basically sulking) is now imbued with drive and purpose to solve eons-long mysteries that threaten her world, her missing husband, and herself.
Set almost entirely in Babel following a single quest, this book greater focus on the rich detailed world building of Babel society allows the overall plot to become fluffier and more mysterious, frankly treading water a little to spoon-feed us the fantasy set-up for the final volume. This isn't criticism as such, it's a very deft bit of furniture moving that's so pleasant an experience I can hardly complain.
It's not however quite as compelling as the second volume, as really you feel Ophelia could just shrug her shoulders and walk away from her troubles for the first three quarters of the book - driven mainly by her desire to reunite with Thorn, which is hard to fathom as while we saw Thorn fall in love with Ophelia in the last book - believable only because I'll accept any insight I to the inscrutable oaf - Ophelia has hardly had reason to do likewise, especially as we're privy to her thought and feelings that she STILL finds hard to quantify (after years!) that her love is a bit hard to believe. I can only put it down to the desperate need to connect during and after disaster, which they experienced together at the end of book two.
Looking forward to the final volume nevertheless - this one was strangely simultaneously better and worse than the previous books, so in a way an interesting diversion on the journey, a side quest and a breather before the finale.
Set almost entirely in Babel following a single quest, this book greater focus on the rich detailed world building of Babel society allows the overall plot to become fluffier and more mysterious, frankly treading water a little to spoon-feed us the fantasy set-up for the final volume. This isn't criticism as such, it's a very deft bit of furniture moving that's so pleasant an experience I can hardly complain.
It's not however quite as compelling as the second volume, as really you feel Ophelia could just shrug her shoulders and walk away from her troubles for the first three quarters of the book - driven mainly by her desire to reunite with Thorn, which is hard to fathom as while we saw Thorn fall in love with Ophelia in the last book - believable only because I'll accept any insight I to the inscrutable oaf - Ophelia has hardly had reason to do likewise, especially as we're privy to her thought and feelings that she STILL finds hard to quantify (after years!) that her love is a bit hard to believe. I can only put it down to the desperate need to connect during and after disaster, which they experienced together at the end of book two.
Looking forward to the final volume nevertheless - this one was strangely simultaneously better and worse than the previous books, so in a way an interesting diversion on the journey, a side quest and a breather before the finale.
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, and Murder
pobi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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
The mystery, the suspense, the terror- all SO GOOD. Not what I expected from this after the second one though!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Stalking and Murder
goldenjunegem's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Murder
cardan_greenbriar_1's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-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? Yes
2.0
Franchement ça me soule... cette saga n'est vraiment pas pour moi
Ce tome m'a mis dans une panne de lecture d'un mois voire même +
Tout le monde aime Thorn mais moi franchement il me repousse, c'est pas que je l'aime pas mais je sais pas... j'ai vraiment du mal avec lui
j'ai trouvé ça beaucoup trop prévisible que sir henry soit en fait Thorn mais la fin m'a quand même surpris, je ne m'attendais pas du tout à ce que Eulalie et Ophélie soient en fait liées
Je trouve que c'est beaucoup trop long et que les choses pourraient se dérouler plus rapidement pour que ce soit plus intéressant
Ce tome m'a mis dans une panne de lecture d'un mois voire même +
Tout le monde aime Thorn mais moi franchement il me repousse, c'est pas que je l'aime pas mais je sais pas... j'ai vraiment du mal avec lui
Je trouve que c'est beaucoup trop long et que les choses pourraient se dérouler plus rapidement pour que ce soit plus intéressant
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail
simply_fran's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Religious bigotry