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Bride by Ali Hazelwood

996 reviews

kqylqjqyne's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lamianoctalis's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Ich hab das Buch nach leichten Einstiegsschwierigkeiten (vielleicht auch Übermüdung) sehr genossen und konnte mich gar nicht mehr stoppen (zum Nachteil meines Schlafes).
Ich würde das Buch als leichte Lektüre einordnen, die mit Vorsicht und vor allem ALLEIN genossen werden sollte (nicht das noch jemand was von der Kompatibilität von Gruselgestalten erfährt)

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llcardenas's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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sorrowfulweeper's review against another edition

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Ali Hazelwood is a masterful writer—of fillers, that is. This book could have ended in four chapters, yet here we are, slogging through an unnecessarily stretched-out story.

I could have better entertained myself by watching a Scooby-Doo episode, which would have saved me a day of reading and the sheer agony of pushing through this novel. I am not one to skip chapters or even a single line of text, but believe me when I say that if you read the first two chapters and the last two, you would have missed nothing.

Story and the worldbuilding
The target audience seems to be 14–17-year-olds, and the book is so formulaic that you can spot every social media trope a mile away. But beware—this is no fairytale, because duh, genetics. Fangs, fast healing, super strength, "thralling," long pointy ears, werewolf transformation—it's all chalked up to genetics. Paranormal romance, my ass.

Our fearless FL is a hacker, her society is technologically advanced with state-of-the-art surveillance, and they've been at war with the wolves for as long as they can remember. Yet, somehow, they have zero information on each other. They even have areas where both species coexist, but still, they know absolutely nothing about their so-called enemy.

There is no world-building—none. You get no sense of the world these characters inhabit. No details about their houses, their environment, their city—nothing. Even the rooms barely get a description, if any at all.
Character Development? Nonexistent.

The book doesn't even bother to describe what the characters look like. All we get is that the vampire has pointy ears and is tall, while the werewolf dude is muscular. That’s it. That’s all the author wants you to know.

The dialogue? Repetitive. "Alpha, Alpha, Alpha." The book starts reading like an Andrew Tate manifesto, and you get tired of it so quickly.

Enemies to lovers? When were they ever enemies? Misery (yes, that’s the FL’s name) barely spares a thought for the wolves before instantly falling for the ML at first sight—and he does the same. There’s no real conflict between them throughout the story.

Final thoughts
There is no nuance, no depth, no character growth. The story is linear, painfully long, and senselessly drawn out. It would have worked better as a short Wattpad story than a 400-page novel.

I’m honestly baffled by the glowing 4- and 5-star reviews. They fooled me, man. I don’t usually check reviews because they can be deceiving—but boy, were they deceiving.

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