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The Betrayals

Bridget Collins

3.47 AVERAGE


4.5 stars
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

confusing magic system but fun read
emotional sad
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Halverwege begon ik te bladeren. Wel heel goed geschreven maar het plot was te doorzichtig.
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DID NOT FINISH: 30%

It was very boring, I didn't care about the story or the characters, I guessed something and knowing the author is transphobic... it really didn't set right with me. 
I still have The Binding in my tbr which interested me more than this one anyway.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
reflective 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
adventurous dark sad

The Betrayals is a puzzle that combines love, hate, intrigue, mystery, friendship, enemies and a wisdom that comes from higher learning. In this way, it is like the grand jeu it mentions so many times and that the entire story is about. However, why this book is extremely intriguing and has multiple plot twists that keep you turning page after page, it has a similar flaw as The Binding and that this book does a lot of tell where it doesn’t show. Because of this, it reads a bit as a play. Made to physically show something, but it doesn’t as there is no play or movie to show us. Of course, that leaves many things to the imagination which some readers might greatly enjoy but personally it made me feel like I truly missed the pieces that would have made this book absolutely great. The same feeling I had with The Binding, unfortunately.
slow-paced