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cynicalraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0
La trama: la protagonista, cresciuta sulla nave di suo padre, viene abbandonata da questi su un'isola a 14 anni a seguito di una tempesta che affonda suddetta nave. La ragazza tenterà di racimolare denaro sufficiente per pagarsi un viaggio in nave alla ricerca del padre.
La trama del libro poteva essere anche interessante, se non fosse stata rovinata da insta-love, plot twist troppo convenienti e refusi.
Ad esempio la protagonista afferma di essersi cucita una tasca interna nei vestiti per tenere dei soldi al sicuro. Nel capitolo seguente dice che non ha mai tenuto in mano un ago.
Oppure, la protagonista viene imbarcata su una nave, in cui soffre la fame per due/tre giorni perché non ha soldi per potersi comprare da mangiare e la ciurma non le offre nulla. È lasciato intendere che non le danno nemmeno acqua, quindi a meno che non si sia bevuta l'acqua del mare (chiaramente non lo ha fatto, sarebbe morta) non si sa come abbia fatto a sopravvivere.
In una parte del libro la ciurma si ritrova le vele della nave tagliate, e nessun veliere vuole confezionarne di nuove. Guarda caso, in città c'è un sarto che era un noto veliere in un'altra città. Guarda caso, un membro della ciurma ha salvato la vita a tale uomo e quindi deve loro un favore.
Il libro avrebbe potuto essere più interessante se l'autrice non avesse deciso di inserire una storia d'amore tanto per fra la protagonista e il secondo essere umano di genere maschile che la protagonista incontra.
L'autrice sembra aver deciso di voler infilare nel libro quanti più termini marinareschi possibili, tanto per far capire al lettore che lei sa di cosa sta parlando e che la storia è ambientata in mare. Specialmente nelle prime 50 pagine, il che rende un po' faticosa la lettura. Avrei inserito un mini glossario o delle note per spiegare di cosa si sta parlando.
Ultima nota, la mappa del mondo, che trovo imbarazzante. Dico solo che ci sono *5* luoghi nominati sulla mappa. Cinque.
Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment
Moderate: Vomit
natashaleighton_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child abuse, Blood, Grief, and Bullying
Minor: Abandonment and Kidnapping
viviette's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Reread 1/6/24 - Still a 5/5. I love this story and I love the water. It’s just so charming and magical without the use of literal magic! I cannot and will not tolerate people saying that West and Fable have no chemistry either since they are most definitely made for each other. Not only that, it’s a slow burn and there are plenty of romantic moments leading up to their kiss. I wish people would stop expecting smut in a YA novel. This is what a real relationship is y’all, it’s the subtleties along with the craziness. Get over your own personal fantasies…
Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent
sarahamuller1's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Gore and Blood
thefemale_nickmiller's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment
Minor: Child death and Kidnapping
extrafolklore's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Torture
shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Grief
katievallin's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Vomit
kassidyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Abandonment
Minor: Death of parent and Child abuse
fromjuliereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
My biggest annoyance? Fable continually refers to her mom by her first name which I found so weird for a teen. It made sense for her dad but not for her mom, who she was close to and lost...
Anyways. If I can find the second book inexpensive then I might read it 😅
Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit