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Gallant

V.E. Schwab

3.77 AVERAGE


Love the spooky vibe. I liked the story and the characters. I loved the illustrations and the journal entries.

After finishing, I'm left feeling a little unsatisfied. I wish there was more depth to the story.
adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional mysterious medium-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
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

V.E. Schwab always creates such whimsical and weird worlds for her stories. Unfortunately, I did not like this book. I found it to be very slow and the main character to feel very one note (honestly all the characters felt pretty flat). I think a more interesting story would've been the story of her parents. It was feeling like it was going to be a 3 star read but I LOATHED the ending.

The writing is beautiful, I love the vibes that the book gives me and the art. Unfortunately I really couldn’t care for the characters or the plot.
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes