Reviews - The Sunshine Court

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The Sunshine Court

Nora Sakavic

4.51 AVERAGE

bethreadsbooks97's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

fishy27's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It is really difficult to pivot away from a cast of characters that I was so deeply attached to from the initial trilogy, knowing they were still /around/ but not actually a prevalent part of this story.

The most difficult part of this book is that the first third of it is going through events that we followed in previous books, except from the very dull and boring perspective of Jean, who is doing nothing but recovering from illness and pouting about it.

This book feels much more character-based as opposed to the previous trilogy, and that is a bit of a bummer for me because the characters we’re following are, in my opinion, less compelling than our previous cast. The stakes are artificially high as opposed to the life-or-death type shit that’s going on with Neil, and those self-imposed stakes are what kind of took me out of the story.

Upon reflection, I think this book is better than my initial reaction made it out to be. I just needed to give it a chance to be different from the initial trilogy because it’s meant to be different.

mermay's review

4.0

dark hopeful sad medium-paced

avanabree's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

sophiacongdon00's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

paytoncuellar's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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

stemtherapy's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Wow—this series is incredible. While not much actually happens in this installment compared to the previous books, it still feels intense and engrossing. It’s a compelling read that keeps you on edge. Dark and emotional (with plenty of trigger warnings), but also wildly imaginative and completely addictive. The author’s creativity in building such an immersive world and fast-paced storyline is truly impressive.

The audiobook is fantastic—I just wish the next one was available in audio. But I’m diving in anyway because I can’t wait!

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