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A review by galaxiesofbooks
The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
4.0
i loved this book! the characters were realistic & i found myself praying that they get out of all this mess unscathed. i loved that they had such different personalities. Spar is a gem 🥺 Aleena is this bad bitch who swears too much even for my liking, Carillon fearless saint, Eladora bit of a drama queen & Rat the ghoul who doesn't like literally anyone (which is mood).
the plot was action packed, fast paced. sooo many twists that i didn't see coming! & also SUCH unique story?? who would of thought that city bells could be one of the most important things in high fantasy?
i really loved the fact that the city Guerdon had two worlds: the surface (where humans live & other creatures) and underworld (ghouls & other nasty, dark & slimy creatures). it was fascinating to read about it!
the writing style was also easy to follow & i loved how the author didn't mind putting in some really nasty things from "underworld" that just make u wanna proper GAG 🤢
gotta love a city that is fucked up place to live in, full of thieves & monsters & corruption!!
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the reasons for me to take a diamond off were that the beginning was slow for me, i was bit confused by the prologue until like page 50 & it just really picked up from there.
imo this book would be also so much better with a map of the city in it so u can just follow the characters as they go, now i'm still all over the place with the city parts 😂
and the last thing was that it had many povs which weren't necessary, i'd of liked it better if it were only main 3 characters: Carillon, Spar & Rat.
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so yup, these are my thoughts! i really do recommend picking this one up, u won't regret by the end of it! it's SO good!
the plot was action packed, fast paced. sooo many twists that i didn't see coming! & also SUCH unique story?? who would of thought that city bells could be one of the most important things in high fantasy?
i really loved the fact that the city Guerdon had two worlds: the surface (where humans live & other creatures) and underworld (ghouls & other nasty, dark & slimy creatures). it was fascinating to read about it!
the writing style was also easy to follow & i loved how the author didn't mind putting in some really nasty things from "underworld" that just make u wanna proper GAG 🤢
gotta love a city that is fucked up place to live in, full of thieves & monsters & corruption!!
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the reasons for me to take a diamond off were that the beginning was slow for me, i was bit confused by the prologue until like page 50 & it just really picked up from there.
imo this book would be also so much better with a map of the city in it so u can just follow the characters as they go, now i'm still all over the place with the city parts 😂
and the last thing was that it had many povs which weren't necessary, i'd of liked it better if it were only main 3 characters: Carillon, Spar & Rat.
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so yup, these are my thoughts! i really do recommend picking this one up, u won't regret by the end of it! it's SO good!