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Calling All Witches! The Girls Who Left Their Mark on the Wizarding World (Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts) by Violet Tobacco, Laurie Calkhoven

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atiny4lyfe8m1's review against another edition

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relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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5.0

A beautifully illustrated guide to all the women of the Wizarding World.

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3.0

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Overall, I enjoyed the book. The best part is definitely the artwork. The illustrations are lovely. Some of the profiles are a bit irritating in that they are a little inaccurate and repetitive. They are also based on the films rather than the books. Some of the information is just a bit off like the claim that Luna was looking for Wrackspurts with her Spectrespecs but "found Harry instead". The reason she found Harry was because she found the Wrackspurts as evidenced in her assertion that "your head is full of them". Even though the task of finding Harry on the train is given to Tonks in the book, the film-based information presented is a bit misleading.

Nice book for Harry Potter fans though no new information is provided. It just brings together various awesome females from the series, including the Fantastic Beasts films. Worth the read for the artwork alone. It was also fun to read the lists of various cunning, brave, heroic deeds of various characters.

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4.0

Really cute book! My only complaint is it’s very movie centered. But I loved the illustrations and I’m happy to have this as a part of my Harry Potter collection

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2.0

A dull and underwhelming look at the female characters from the Wizarding World. I didn't think it was possible to make these characters flat and lifeless but this book managed. It gets two stars from me for the illustrations that are good likenesses of the actresses from the movies.

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2.0

Trop superficiel. Trop enfantin (oui étonnant, les soeurs Patil se sont battues lors de la bataille de Poudlard même si 3 ans avant, leur soirée de Noël avec Ron et Harry n'était pas génial ! C'est fou...)
Alors ce n'est pas 100 % centré sur les films, mais à 95% quand même.
Mais trop d'approximations ont tués le récit. Je reste trop sur ma faim.

Par exemple, j'aurai aimé avoir plus d'informations sur Mme Maxime ou sur la fille de Rowena Serdaigne.