Reviews with content warning for Incest - Book of Night

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paguroidea's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

It’s a bit of a slow burn. Didn’t
love it, didn’t hate it, wasn’t expecting one of the turns it took! I’m much more excited for the inevitable sequel(s) to find out what will happen to Charlie and Vince.

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allianni's review

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fast-paced

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

2.0

Over all the book had a relatively interesting premise and promising start. The “twists and turns” that happened during it were not exciting to discover and things that I didn’t connect did not feel rewarding.

The characters are certainly built to not be likable. They are bad people who do bad things. I am unsure if the author wants the reader to like them despite the bad things. The characters are essentially bad people fighting worse people.

Another issue I took with this book is that Black very clearly does not know how to write a “curvy” (as she describes Charlie) lead female character. Charlie was described/described herself as having “too much in [insert body part here]” and that it was crazy that a hot guy like her boyfriend would be interested in her. As a woman who falls into the category of Charlie’s size (which is eventually explicitly stated) I can attest to the fact that there are better ways to write characters like her.

I also felt like certain points were exhausted by the author repeating them over and over again. The ending was disappointing and it felt as if there were many things explained away.

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thebelugaloo's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Loved the magic system, plot was good, but the ending was spoiled a little when attempting to make room for a sequel.

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kasarin's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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annorabrady's review

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dark mysterious fast-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

4.5

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taylora's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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speckledstars's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.25

I found the beginning of the book rather slow. The world building is subpar, and the characters don’t have much depth. At times, the plot was confusing and I found myself looking back to what I’d read. If I hadn’t bought the book, I likely would’ve DNFed.

I only started to be interested in the last half of the book. The plot twists were well done and all the right details were left out until the end. It redeemed itself to a point, but there is definitely a layer missing to this book.

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