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Der Klang der Täuschung by Mary E. Pearson

5 reviews

tinysierra's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Dance of Thieves plays very well into its tropes.

-Enemies to Lovers (knife to throat!!)
-Forced Proximity
-Reluctant Allies
-Fake Dating (kinda?)

Based on the TikTok hype and the sypnosis, I assumed that this would be a high stakes, fast paced adventure similar to Six of Crows and Guilded Wolves. While there was a bit of an adventure in the first few chapters, the book overall was slow paced, focused on characters, family, romance and politics. It was more akin to Graceling. 

The title was fitting. It felt like a dance or a game being played between the main characters. We get both Kazi and Jase’s POVs, which was a nice setup for the story. 

I have a soft spot for thieves with angsty backstories so I loved Kazi. I liked the way that she came up with riddles. 

The romance was well done. It felt like it developed a bit fast but it made sense considering the forced proximity, and they continue to develop their feelings over the rest of the book.

The fatal flaw of the book for me was the amount of telling instead of showing.

It ends on a cliffhanger but I personally will be ignoring the last chapter and will not be reading the next book. 

A bit confused on why Jase invited a stranger into his home and decided to trust her and tell her everything? Including telling her about the family vault?? Vaults are supposed to be a secret?? Like… what. But it’s not really even a vault… it’s a bunker? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Classism, Trafficking, and Torture

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, and Miscarriage

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content

juliamalia's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

the "enemies to lovers" thing lasted for 2 pages and the love story felt rushed 😐 world building 2/10, also: chapters stopped at the most random places for no reason?? the writing was beautiful tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Vomit

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Trafficking, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: War, Vomit, Xenophobia, Slavery, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Chronic illness, and Abortion

nicole_m's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book. The adventure and romance was great. It was a bit repetitive but overall good with a 4.75/5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Outing

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Vomit

If the trigger warnings above trigger you then I don’t recommend. If not give it a try if you like and enjoy!