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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
(3,5) very introductory but i can feel the potential truly i do
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Je me sentais bien intelligent pour avoir lu ce livre très long completement en français! Je lisais ennuyeuesement lent au commencer (mon kindle m’a dit qu’il me prendrait 24 heures et je suis presque mort d’impatience) mais eventeullement je pourrais lire plus vit et au fin il m’a pris environs de 12.
Would I have enjoyed it more or less if I’d read the translation? Not sure, but it was a worthwhile enough challenge that I picked up the second book. The style and tone reminded me a lot of Joan Aiken or Gormenghast.
Would I have enjoyed it more or less if I’d read the translation? Not sure, but it was a worthwhile enough challenge that I picked up the second book. The style and tone reminded me a lot of Joan Aiken or Gormenghast.
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Within magic realist fantasy genres, I find these books to be second to Diana Wynne Jones at building a world which is unique and compelling. I want to know more, see more. I also adore that the main heroine showcases an alternative strength to the beauty and brawn popular in many YA or YA adjacent genres.
It took me three times to finish this book, and I did it because I'm a good friend. Sometimes.
A doormat has more personality and hopefully is more useful than the protagonist of this book. Not only is she allowing everyone to walk all over her during the whole book, but the author has the nerve to present the society she lives in as matriarchal before introducing us to a series of female characters who live for and to marry and have children, and to marry her off in the process. She gets betrothed to a man whose only traits are being moody and rude, as well as being forced to move to the other side of the world, leaving her work, which she’s very passionate about, behind. This new country/magical tower is a cold and dangerous place where she knows no one and has no allies, and where she becomes a pawn to be mistreated and humiliated.
In top of all that, there’s an in-plot explanation as to why she’s the clumsiest person ever. She’s been cursed with clumsiness as a side effect of her magical abilities—yes, seriously. There’s no chapter in which she doesn’t trip, hurt herself, gets lost and tangled in some business she shouldn’t be tangled with, stutters at all the wrong times or loses her glasses making her unable to see anything. She’s also always disheveled and puts no effort at all in how she looks or how others perceive her, because she’s not like other girls at all, in fact, she’s the final boss of not like other girls.
The worst part is that, if we wander away from the main character by even three steps and take a wider look at the world the author is beginning to build, it looks amazing. It has an appealing magic system and really interesting power intrigues that seem to be piling up and could have an impact not just in the place the protagonist is living right now, but globally—in a world structured like any other I’ve encountered before and with a story that could have a lot to offer. It’s a shame I’ll never know how it continues, because I refuse to read the other books in this saga.
A doormat has more personality and hopefully is more useful than the protagonist of this book. Not only is she allowing everyone to walk all over her during the whole book, but the author has the nerve to present the society she lives in as matriarchal before introducing us to a series of female characters who live for and to marry and have children, and to marry her off in the process. She gets betrothed to a man whose only traits are being moody and rude, as well as being forced to move to the other side of the world, leaving her work, which she’s very passionate about, behind. This new country/magical tower is a cold and dangerous place where she knows no one and has no allies, and where she becomes a pawn to be mistreated and humiliated.
In top of all that, there’s an in-plot explanation as to why she’s the clumsiest person ever. She’s been cursed with clumsiness as a side effect of her magical abilities—yes, seriously. There’s no chapter in which she doesn’t trip, hurt herself, gets lost and tangled in some business she shouldn’t be tangled with, stutters at all the wrong times or loses her glasses making her unable to see anything. She’s also always disheveled and puts no effort at all in how she looks or how others perceive her, because she’s not like other girls at all, in fact, she’s the final boss of not like other girls.
The worst part is that, if we wander away from the main character by even three steps and take a wider look at the world the author is beginning to build, it looks amazing. It has an appealing magic system and really interesting power intrigues that seem to be piling up and could have an impact not just in the place the protagonist is living right now, but globally—in a world structured like any other I’ve encountered before and with a story that could have a lot to offer. It’s a shame I’ll never know how it continues, because I refuse to read the other books in this saga.