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Nikdynoc

Jay Kristoff

4.16 AVERAGE

becreally's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

moonlit_shelves's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eugeniaesor's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

DNF, the writing style is something that'll be loved by people with a certain taste, but it really drew away my enjoyment from the story unfortunately.

kwilson511's review against another edition

2.0

Please note that I DNF’d this book. I had absolutely no desire to finish the book and I was about 2/3 done.

**What Worked Well**

I did like the footnotes (explained below) after awhile. I had to read some words of ecouragement from those who had finished the book.

World Building - Kristoff does bring a beautiful world of no moonlight - which in itself is a different concept!. I saw the Ribs and how they were built for nobility as well as the slums for the poorer people. I saw the school with the means of traveling between each. It was truly wonderful.

**What Could Be Improved**

For me, I couldn’t connect with Mia as much as I wanted. None of the characters really spoke to me - and I wasn’t feeling a lot of plot development. Something important would happen exceptionally quick, and then times marches on…I’m honestly not sure how much time had passed or when the assassins were going to be chosen.

This is definitely a different style of writing. The book is written as a recorded history. The “author’s voice” - that is the author that is writing the history down - is consistently felt throughout footnotes at the bottom. They’re funny and sarcastic and gives a more playful tone.

I REALLY wanted to enjoy this, I LOVED Empire of Vampire and had pretty high hopes. I don’t think I’m going to give up forever. It could have been not the right time for reading, my mood orr maybe it’s just not for me. I’ll try again in the future to see if it was a mood DNF.

crankyola's review against another edition

4.0

I've had such mixed feelings about this book. I'm not a fan of the author's writing style (especially all the footnotes with little "jokes", ffs. I enjoyed the banter though) but the story is great and I couldn't out it down.

joann_b's review against another edition

4.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

katie4489's review against another edition

3.0

The writing is so good but it is extremely hard to follow along with the plot. I was confused at different points throughout. I'll still read the other two in the series but I'm not in a rush.