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The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence

bjayfogg's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

lilly_reads98's review against another edition

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I didn’t like the violence of the first chapter and just couldn’t get into the next chapter. I might try it again someday because it sounds good but what’s happened so far doesn’t intrigue me. 

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mkhatt's review against another edition

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I'm just really having a hard time getting into this... I might come back to it eventually because a lot of the reviews make me think it picks up later.

sarahp85's review against another edition

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4.0

Loved this. Written beautifully but it took me a while as you really need to stay focussed all the time

emireads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense

2.5

amusicalgeek's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

bookishly_laura9813's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

iwi's review against another edition

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4.0

There is no universe that I would not have eaten the apple if I was Eve. 100% every time. The idea of being cursed for wanting knowledge. Like I don't care. I will eat that apple again and again and again. 

I'm so curious where this story is going, what it's trying to say. I love the conflict of who has the right to the library, the right to knowledge. And how society can only progress as long as there is an account of where we have come from. 

I usually am more into character stories, and that's not absent here but I'm so invested in what is going on on the broader scale. I did really like the characters, I thought we could have had more time with them, with the friends. A bit more work on the character side. 

And even though I opened this talking about Eve I would have rather kept our real world stuff out of it. I get Edgarallen is a fun name for a raven or Cooper Davidfield. The bible stuff was like well it might be a thing but it's also just a story. But I could have done with it being slightly more removed from us. 

It was giving mandolorian season 1 episode 4, it was giving book of boba fett episode 2 it was giving the magician's nephew
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The end was crazy, I was so hooked at that 75% mark. Like things were fine and fun up til then but when everything started unraveling and coming together ohman I couldn't stop. I hope the next one lives up to this. I must know what is going onnnn

jujicakes's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

jacoblopez's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.75