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4.56 AVERAGE
4.56 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If you like sweeping, epic love stories (Fellow Travellers, etc) then this is for you. Audiobook performance was phenomenal and the best I've ever heard, and got me through an excruciatingly long plane ride.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
oh my god this book. this book emotionally destroyed me but i am so thankful that there was a happy ending. the depth and the story telling was unreal, I cannot believe what the characters went through. ugh my heart actually broke for jude over the years of him suffering. i need to have this book on my bookshelf now.
slow-paced
this took me way too long to get through. i usually dnf when i notice that a book is a slowburn, but i just needed to see how this played out. i loved jude throughout the entire story, and i’ll admit that caspien grew on me eventually. however, this was just entirely too long. so many people came and went and i get that we were supposed to follow jude as he grew into adulthood, but it got really boring as soon as it got to part two. yes, some events happened towards the end that i ate up, but we could’ve definitely gotten to those scenes quicker and wrapped this entire thing up. truthfully, i feel like half of the stuff in this book really wasn’t needed.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
emotional
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Infinite stars, I feel like I cried and bled reading this incredible, beautiful, complicated, mesmerising, ethereal, poetic, poisonous, complexed and enthralling book. I absolutely adore this. I will treasure it forever. After four days I see that I wasn't equipped for the void after finishing this book... I don't think I ever will be...
I was reading this always on the verge of crying, angry, and desperate… An agony I didn’t know could come from reading… Physically aching but completely fulfilled in the end.
“I’m yours, Cas,” I told him. “You’re mine, and I’m yours. Always. Tell me you know that, tell me.”
“I know, Jude,” he replied, soothingly. “I know.”
Don’t get fooled by the beautiful words, because this is 90% hurt and 10% suffering comfort! But I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world!
Absolutely adore Luke, we need more altruistic and perfect people like him. Even in the end I don’t know what to think or feel about Gideon… I don’t think I could ever forgive him…
And so now, Caspien and Jude belong to me, I hold them like the most precious things
I was reading this always on the verge of crying, angry, and desperate… An agony I didn’t know could come from reading… Physically aching but completely fulfilled in the end.
“I’m yours, Cas,” I told him. “You’re mine, and I’m yours. Always. Tell me you know that, tell me.”
“I know, Jude,” he replied, soothingly. “I know.”
Don’t get fooled by the beautiful words, because this is 90% hurt and 10% suffering comfort! But I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world!
Absolutely adore Luke, we need more altruistic and perfect people like him. Even in the end I don’t know what to think or feel about Gideon… I don’t think I could ever forgive him…
And so now, Caspien and Jude belong to me, I hold them like the most precious things
Ugh this book made my heart hurt. A tough read at times due to some very hateable characters, but they all did their job quite well.
Beautifully written, would wipe my memory to be able to read again for first time.
Beautifully written, would wipe my memory to be able to read again for first time.
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
sad
tense
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