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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

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meglet_b's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? No

4.75

snoopydoo77's review against another edition

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3.0

When I heard about this being written and released I was excited, I enjoyed her other series and I was looking forward to this. Since it is such a long book I waited till I knew I have time to read it.

I finally had the time and I picked it up, I figured there is some word building and such but h boy was I in for a surprise. There was so, so much and it was just overwhelming.

So I figured since I have a free credit on audible I get the audio book and maybe that will help….. it did not . I was just so confused for about the first 200 some pages.

There was just so many people and even more things happening on different spots in their world.

I did finally start catching on for the most part and ended up enjoying it, well more than I thought I would. I switched between audio and hardcover so I got it done fairly quickly.

The audio in my opinion was okay, often the dialect or accent was super thick and string and it made it hard to understand and I had to go back to the book to check to make sure I didn’t miss much.

Overall, I thought it was okay, definitely way too much world building for me though, also some things were overly described and others not at all if a little.

I liked most of the characters/dragons and the relationships in this book

I have a hard time rating this book, I liked some and the aspect of the book but I disliked the intro into the book/ world. It was long and confusing.

So I think I go with 2.5 ★ maybe at some point I will reread it and enjoy it more.

bethanyschmitz13's review against another edition

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2.0

I might be the odd one out here, but this book just was not for me.

First of all, it took getting almost to the 50% mark to even entice me to want to continue reading. I knew going into it that it took awhile to get into. This was definitely not what I was expecting, though.

The story is multiple POV, which is fine. I am normally fine with that. But with this, it just made it all the more confusing. I literally had no idea why Tanè was even involved until towards the end.

There just was not enough action or romance to keep me interested. There were a few semi-comedic moments peppered in, which was good. Overall, though, I just found myself bored and wanting to take a nap

kairyne's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

too long imo, i dnf’d because i felt like i was going to enter a reading slump from the sheer length (audiobook). interesting premise though, maybe i’ll return to it in the future