Reviews

La maschera e le tenebre by Jacqueline Carey

anabuhr's review against another edition

3.0

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I enjoyed both trilogies but this was probably my least favorite. I don't want to contain spoilers but will mark it anyway. it was really fantastical and hard to connect with. I just couldn't love the main character's love relationship. It just didn't feel natural to me the entire 3 books. Maybe I missed the point but it felt a bit forced. 

This was the end of Imriel's story. There were other things I appreciated about Carey's writing. Imriel deals with much childhood trauma and it's addressed a bit in these books, I liked that. Its important.

geauxgetlit's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.5

mellyg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

spiderelsa's review against another edition

5.0

Another worthwhile entry in the series. I did really like the worldbuilding in this series, Dart and on. I'm intrigued to reread Dart, after waiting a bit for this headspace to settle. 

I get why people were critical of the Imriel books after falling in love with Phedre (assuming that it's as anodyne as all that). For my side of things, Imriel was the fulfillment of everything Phedre believed, but couldn't prove from her own existence/ experience. 

I'm going to take a beat before picking up the last trilogy - and I'll be okay if I don't. This series ended so well! Carey really did put work into getting the threads lined up for a solid ending. 

monkeyreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.25

ryn_richmond's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

cat489's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

itsnour's review against another edition

1.0

Sadly I didn't enjoy this, nor the main conflict. Imriel and Sidonie romance was duller than before, the only part I liked was the one involving Melisande. L'Envers was the true MVP in this book.

loosealbluth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-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? No

4.5

carlacbarroso's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

3.0