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The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner

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lakea's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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dezzella's review against another edition

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mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this. The secret society aspects were interesting, felt a little like A Marvellous Light but in a good way. The main character decides to learn how to do seances in order to track down her sister's killer. It's more focused on the mystery and characters than anything paranormal, but that isn't to say you might find yourself facing some ghosts. I really enjoyed the writing and characters, and especially the Victorian setting. I can definitely see myself reading this again some day.

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sassacass11's review

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dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

I liked this book. The characters were genuine, especially Lenna, who i found very accurate in her thoughts and emotions as she was experiencing the events of her story.

For the first half, i thought it was easily predictable; but that changed as i kept reading. Details were different, but my conclusions fell short because of a couple twists i didn’t anticipate.

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piebelly's review

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adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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tmholsman_1994's review

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emotional informative sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

While I really wanted to enjoy this book it kind of fell a little flat for me. I think it was mostly the writing. I had to use the audiobook to help push me a long to finish it. Overall, story wise it has a gripping story about finding yourself, love, murder, ghosts, and mystery. Great story, but the writing was meh.

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kendrashea's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.0

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stephaniezd's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Not a book I would normally gravitate toward, but it was really good! It never had that moment where it gripped me and I was rushing to find out what was going to happen next but it was enjoyable just the same.

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