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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

24 reviews

seregelda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

CW: Animal cruelty and death, ableism, mental illness, violence

I didn't enjoy this book as much as I expected to, and was put off by all the animal cruelty and killing. I tried reading the ebook initially, but the formatting of the chapter flourishes overtook half the page rendering them unreadable. I spent some Xmas money to buy a paperback, but I'm not sure I want to buy the next one. This one just wasn't good enough. Too bad.

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gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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

5.0

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martafernandes's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really liked this one. A bit slow at the beginning, stayed mainly for the cozy vibes and the FMC's personality and dark humour. Started to pick up the pace around the 25% mark, but still remained a simple read, without major action scenes or complicated worldbuilding, which I enjoyed. I was kind of thrown off a bit by some gory details that showed up in random places, specially because the rest of the book was very "light" on that aspect. I wish the romance was a little more developed, Bambleby's actions

a.k.a. proposal

fell kind of flat. Definitely will be reading the second one.

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bxnny's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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theliteraryteapot's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries was one of my most anticipated reads as of lately and I loved it! This exactly suits my literary taste especially in terms of fiction and fantasy. And as I've said previously, it has several ingredients I love: cosy fantasy, academic research, set in Scandinavia/Nordic countries (!!) and set in early 20th century.

I understand why some people dnf'ed or thought the book would put them in a reading slump because I thought so too between the 50p. and the 100p. marks. But after the 100p. mark, I flew through it. I was also scared of the romance subplot because romance doesn't interest me much these days but this one was quite light and at times I found myself smiling. Emily and Bamblebly's dynamic was funny.

I had never really read about faeries before (haven't dived into fantasy much these past years I guess) but I enjoyed a lot of the worldbuilding, the footnotes were really nice additions showing the work the author put into it. I loved Emily too, her strength, her character development, and all the characters I think. The writing being adjusted to an early 20th century setting was so well appreciated too!

(Also these beautiful covers!! I have the UK one and love it so much)

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