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Für immer dein Feind by Alexandra Jordan, Olivie Blake

79 reviews

irenetrexqueen's review against another edition

2.5

challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I love twists on classics, fantasy IRL, and Russian culture, so one would think this was perfect for me and boy would they be wrong.

I like the Atlas series so I though give this one a try and honestly if not for my reading goal for the month this would have been a DNF 20% in. I dislike the explanation of the characters at the beginning, the way it is likened to a play, but lacks that structure. Almost no world building as one has to keep up with the 25 (exaggeration) characters and their 2 to 4 names. If the story was good I could get past that, but really it was the definition of meh.

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karenreadsbooks's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

Olivie Blake, what have you done to me? You took me on a roller coaster ride and broke my heart and pieced it together and broke it again. Over and over.

The foundation of this story was Romeo and Juliet, but this is a story completely on its own, though it is enhanced by the comparisons with the play.

Back stabbing and betrayal, loyalty and family, and love. So much contained within these pages. I cried. I underlined and annotated so many pages.

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slowglow's review against another edition

3.5

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

This book had a really cool premise and cool ideas, and the writing style is dry but it definitely fits the vibes of the story. All is fine in that regard. My complaint comes with the ending, and maybe it's just because I didn't have to read Romeo and Juliet in high school (so I've never read it) but the ending just felt way out of left field for me-- like I had no clue where the story was going for the last quarter of the book, and then when the ending did come it wasn't satisfactory. I was very baffled by it, and not in the good way.

I was expecting two of them to die, but the set up and the reasoning behind it just didn't make the deaths feel justified, at least for me.

I can see the audience for this and I get why it had so much hype and I really did have a good time reading it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend it.

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dani_reis's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

This felt like it could have been at least a third shorter. The drug war seemed unnecessary. The magic even seemed like a back burner since the world building was fairly mediocre.

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aysha_blake's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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taylorthewitch's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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heidi_grey's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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hooking_pages's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was pretty good, however 'Masters o Death' was better.
Again a book with vibes>plot.
Sometimes confusing

and many deaths. The end is a little bit unsatisfying 'cause you don't know about all characters what the future brings.

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sashahc's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Just finished “One for my Enemy” by Olivie Blake. This is kind of like if Romeo and Juliet were about Russian mobster witches in New York City and the dead didn’t stay dead. Passion and revenge and scheming and family. Great world building. It would make a great TV series.

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aseel_reads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Definitely a character driven novel and only enjoyable if you are in the right mood for it, however, I was, and I loved it!! So many laughs, gasps, sad faces, just so good.

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