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Blessed Monsters by Emily A. Duncan

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emilym53's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

jerseytwilight's review

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

DND at page 211. Just couldn't care enough about the characters or the world to care what happens. Confusing writing style and plot points. Also if one more person died and came back to life I was gonna scream.

bebe25's review

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adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

hwerle's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

poptartnihilist's review against another edition

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2.0

I like the concept of this series and I like the dark aspects, but the execution and writing of this last book was monotonous and just not good for me. There was so much repetition: "nothing and nothing and nothing", "ate and ate and ate", and I read the phrases "just a boy", "just a girl", "just a monster", "taken apart and put back together wrong" sooo many times.
I feel like the author wanted very badly to be dark and philosophical and edgy and it just came off as trying way too hard. Maybe I'm just stupid, but half the time I didn't even understand what was going on because things were being described in such a convoluted, abstract way. I feel like nothing really happened until the very end. In my experience YA is notorious for a whole lot of bad happening and then the solution is rushed through in the end, and this book really takes the cake on that one.
I also got tired of being told how horribly evil and irredeemable Malachiasz was. I just really didn't believe it.
Lastly .. the fact that the author KNEW from the start that her representations were antisemitic; WHY EVEN BOTHER DOING THAT?? It's fantasy!? Why not make them an entirely new set of people that didn't horribly represent a stereotype of a long persecuted people?? Why is this even necessary when you can literally make up anything you want to? I just don't get it and it's inexcusable and plain cruel to me. Unless you are going to do it well and involve people of said persecuted group I do not see the point other than profiting off a horrible thing with little care or thought. But maybe that's just me. This is an honest review and I do NOT condone many of this author's actions in the present and past, but I also do not believe in rating a book solely on the author's behavior. But hey, that's just my opinion! Make your own choices and carry on. Thanks for reading.