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A review by hilsaa
A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
dark
- Strong character development? No
2.0
The worldbuilding and description was incredible, I could clearly picture everything and everyone. However, I disliked almost everything and everyone.
Every character is absolutely horrible to one another with no redeeming qualities, even Ophelia who I liked at the beginning, was so passive and boring by the end. Nothing she did affected the plot in any way, the plot was bare-boned and uninteresting. It's kind of a depressing, sad book, Ophelia is really just having a horrible time being abused by almost everyone.
The world and magic were interesting as a premise and in the beginning it was an interesting read, but I didn't much care for the circus-esc, fantastical, extravagant world Ophelia was thrown into. I thought the setting would be wintery and cold (perhaps because of the name of the book...) The drug use and excessive drinking and smoking was unexpected and unpleasant.
Every character is absolutely horrible to one another with no redeeming qualities, even Ophelia who I liked at the beginning, was so passive and boring by the end. Nothing she did affected the plot in any way, the plot was bare-boned and uninteresting. It's kind of a depressing, sad book, Ophelia is really just having a horrible time being abused by almost everyone.
The world and magic were interesting as a premise and in the beginning it was an interesting read, but I didn't much care for the circus-esc, fantastical, extravagant world Ophelia was thrown into. I thought the setting would be wintery and cold (perhaps because of the name of the book...) The drug use and excessive drinking and smoking was unexpected and unpleasant.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol