A review by piperclover
Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.75

I absolutely loved the political aspect of this book and how it wound this fantasy world into real world and how we saw the the implications of this. I really enjoyed new character and seeing different pieces of the story with new perspectives. I would give this 5 stars if at least 20, if not more, pages were cut because it started to really drag in the last 65 pages or so.  A lot of the pages that could have been cut were overly wordy semi-poetic descriptions and unnecessary semi-poetic lamenting/pining (she tried to be really ornate and poetic but it came across as trying way too hard and being so confusing). There was a new plot line about an event that occurred hundreds of years ago that was really poorly described and I still don't really understand it. The explanation was given over way too many chapters that were broken up by other story lines and along with the overly wordy semi-poetic description, I found it nearly impossible to follow. 
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