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ambigreen87's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
5.0
janagaton's review against another edition
1.0
first 1 star of 2023 because I simply don't see the appeal. first of all, that beginning was awful... I was really hoping I'd like this one because of the vampires, but alas.
officially giving up on this series, which is such a shame 'cause they're such quick books ):
officially giving up on this series, which is such a shame 'cause they're such quick books ):
pixxyhex's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
frogsinacoat's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-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
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming
avisreadsandreads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
bella_is_here's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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? Yes
4.0
drridareads's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely adored Every Heart A Doorway. But I love this background story of Jack And Jill more
Oh My Days. This was beautiful and eerie and dark and just so much more I don't have words to describe it.
The book discusses gender stereotypes and how enforcing them on little kids leads to nothing but trouble. One of our character also deals with germophobia.
First love. Lesbian couple. Being enamoured by someone who gives you something you've always been refused. Village mob.This book has all.
The visual imagery for the moors. SO FREAKING BEAUTIFUL.
And most of all the feels. This book is loaded with feels.
I NEED A STORY ABOUT KADE AND SUMI AS WELL. I CAN'T WAIT.
Edit: I forgot to mention how much I loved how periods was shown. Cause like do you ever read a book like Hunger Games and wonder what the charactets do if they get periods. This book actually showed that so YAY. NO PERIOD SHAME.
Oh My Days. This was beautiful and eerie and dark and just so much more I don't have words to describe it.
The book discusses gender stereotypes and how enforcing them on little kids leads to nothing but trouble. One of our character also deals with germophobia.
First love. Lesbian couple. Being enamoured by someone who gives you something you've always been refused. Village mob.This book has all.
The visual imagery for the moors. SO FREAKING BEAUTIFUL.
And most of all the feels. This book is loaded with feels.
I NEED A STORY ABOUT KADE AND SUMI AS WELL. I CAN'T WAIT.
Edit: I forgot to mention how much I loved how periods was shown. Cause like do you ever read a book like Hunger Games and wonder what the charactets do if they get periods. This book actually showed that so YAY. NO PERIOD SHAME.
rosa3's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
madiganinwonderland's review against another edition
3.0
4.5
This world is such a rich one. I don't know how Mcguire can pack such a strong and developed story into such a small package.
You not only feel for the characters on a personal level, but you can clearly picture the surroundings and what it looks like as the story moves. Such a story, at that.
This was a kind of prequel, and I knew that going in but I didn't think it would be that way the whole way through. Eventually I got used to it and I'm not mad about now knowing as much about Jack and Jill as I did before. I love Jack, of course, and Jill is what she is, but either way this book gave me developed reasonings for feeling this way or that about the characters. They weren't flat.
I don't know if I want to look at the synopsis for the next one quite yet. I think I'd be happy with a sequel or a prequel. We shall see! But if it is a prequel, I hope eventually we would get one for everyone we meet in book one.
I love this world and I'm excited to get more from it. I would recommend this to anyone who loves dark fantasy and a quick read (read each in a day.)
Second read: 3.5
This time around the first half of this book was just really dragging for me, and it's not even that long. I guess remembering this book, I mainly remembered the second half. I didn't realize it took them so long to even find their own door. (I don't consider that a spoiler since this is the second book to a story about magical doors.) And once we were there the narrator basically said "blah blah blah you get the idea" about their time there. If that was the whole point, why didn't we get more? Why did we get so much of their shitty parents and their Grandma especially when they're only so important to the story, not really the main part in the end.
It felt weirdly drawn out in the first half and rushed in the second.
That being said, I do still feel like Jack and Jill were well fleshed out characters for a short story and I did feel for them (though not as much this time).
I don't know, I just didn't enjoy this as much as I did the first time overall.
This world is such a rich one. I don't know how Mcguire can pack such a strong and developed story into such a small package.
You not only feel for the characters on a personal level, but you can clearly picture the surroundings and what it looks like as the story moves. Such a story, at that.
This was a kind of prequel, and I knew that going in but I didn't think it would be that way the whole way through. Eventually I got used to it and I'm not mad about now knowing as much about Jack and Jill as I did before. I love Jack, of course, and Jill is what she is, but either way this book gave me developed reasonings for feeling this way or that about the characters. They weren't flat.
I don't know if I want to look at the synopsis for the next one quite yet. I think I'd be happy with a sequel or a prequel. We shall see! But if it is a prequel, I hope eventually we would get one for everyone we meet in book one.
I love this world and I'm excited to get more from it. I would recommend this to anyone who loves dark fantasy and a quick read (read each in a day.)
Second read: 3.5
This time around the first half of this book was just really dragging for me, and it's not even that long. I guess remembering this book, I mainly remembered the second half. I didn't realize it took them so long to even find their own door. (I don't consider that a spoiler since this is the second book to a story about magical doors.) And once we were there the narrator basically said "blah blah blah you get the idea" about their time there. If that was the whole point, why didn't we get more? Why did we get so much of their shitty parents and their Grandma especially when they're only so important to the story, not really the main part in the end.
It felt weirdly drawn out in the first half and rushed in the second.
That being said, I do still feel like Jack and Jill were well fleshed out characters for a short story and I did feel for them (though not as much this time).
I don't know, I just didn't enjoy this as much as I did the first time overall.