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Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

17 reviews

zsometimesreads's review against another edition

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

3.25

another awful middle grade boarding school murder mystery with extremely flat characters  which i have unfortunately read far too many of 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Child abuse

kaylanicholsmith's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

These novellas are notorious for having such beautiful writing and captivating stories and that was definitely the case. I loved this introduction into the bigger world(s) that we are going to be exploring throughout the course of the series. Nancy, for me, was such a lovable character. I could relate to her wanting to just be and not perceived but despite these feelings she still managed to develop such adorable and heart warming friendships in her time at the home.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Bullying

Minor: Transphobia and Child abuse

razorfangz's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Body horror, Child abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Eating disorder

Minor: Deadnaming

Eye gore

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

Every Heart a Doorway is an interesting novella by Seanan McGuire and I'm glad my friend Bree suggested that I read it. I went into this story without knowing the premise and I think that was a great choice, so I won't say too much about the book. I'll just say that I really appreciated the asexual representation and I liked that this book kept my interest for it's duration, even though it was really short.

Overall I enjoyed this novella, I'm going to give it 4 stars out of 5. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  - 4/5 Stars

I read this for free on www.hoopladigital.com

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Death, Murder, Bullying, Child abuse, Violence, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I liked this! A very quick read that I would’ve savored if I’d known it was so perfectly Halloween-y! 

I will say that I guessed the baddie by accident very early on but said “no, they have to be a red herring”… Lol! 

A tad predictable, but enjoyable nonetheless. A really interesting zoom in on what fantasy worlds mean to children, and what they protect them from. Not sure what to make of Kade’s story to be honest; it’s much bleaker than the rest & I didn’t feel we got a satisfactory explanation for that. 

I also feel that Nancy is overshadowed by nearly every other character; she felt like a shadow of a person there only to introduce us to the universe & experience shock on our behalf. this was a book where the main character was the least interesting person in it.

Halloween read 1/5(?) down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Transphobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Child abuse, Murder, Bullying, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, Violence, Medical content, and Acephobia/Arophobia

sunniva174's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Bullying and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Transphobia

lola77's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Whimsical in a twisted kind of way. I am intrigued and looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Deadnaming, Gore, Transphobia, Bullying, Mental illness, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty

walkie_check's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Blood, Deadnaming, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Death, and Bullying

Minor: Transphobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Dementia, and Violence

parasolcrafter's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

this book was so fast but so slow. so beautifully written but so devoid of substance. so deep but so shallow. so straightforward but so confusing. so unique but so bland. truly...a kind of masterpiece.

literally there are maybe 2 likeable characters (

sumi dies too soon to really be a main character

, nancy doesnt really seem to do much except get dragged around by the plot,

jill is a fucking MURDERER

, and jack is just...so straight cut) and even then cristopher seems like an add-on, if that makes sense? the ending was also so weirdly executed and i just...dont like how the deaths in the book were almost glossed over?? like i didnt feel any real emotion from the characters except eleanor :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Transphobia, Violence, Child death, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Grief, Cursing, Body horror, and Child abuse

Minor: Deadnaming, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Vomit

purplepenning's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Deportation, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Child death, Murder, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, and Grief

Minor: Ableism and Deadnaming