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kat7890erina's review against another edition
4.0
The Night Circus meets Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children in this sprawling gothic adventure. Dracula vibes also abound, despite the lack of vampires. The cast of characters is varied, with lots of personalities to hook your interest. I would have liked to delve deeper into a few lives -- especially Alice and Ribs -- maybe in book two? Whilst lots of things happen in the plot, the book is by no means fast-paced; only pick this up if you are committed to a long, slow journey.
kitters's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
The book took me around 6 months to finish. If it was shorter I would have liked it more. It was very well written and a well told story but it was my source of melatonin far too many times to be considered a 5 star book.
lizsil's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
sheisnovel's review against another edition
4.0
Okay first, this will at some point be a Netflix, HBO something in the future. There's way too much in visual imagery here that any screenwriter would leave that on the table.
I got a very sophisticated beefed up version of HP. You can easily fall in love with all of the characters including the antagonist. There are battle scenes in this book that have been so elaborately created, it made you feel as if you were in that train car, or fighting Jacob at the school.
I fell in love with Alice right when she emerged, Charlie when he is feared and scared in the jail cell, Komako's grief and even Jacob's struggle to do the right thing.
Then you have these 'litches' who seem to be part golem and part scary zombie...
Lastly, this book is super long and there is a lot of development and individual story telling which helps with building out the world Miro has created and the characters. There is a lot left to walk into a second book and yes, I will patiently wait for it because there is nothing ordinary about these monsters.
I got a very sophisticated beefed up version of HP. You can easily fall in love with all of the characters including the antagonist. There are battle scenes in this book that have been so elaborately created, it made you feel as if you were in that train car, or fighting Jacob at the school.
I fell in love with Alice right when she emerged, Charlie when he is feared and scared in the jail cell, Komako's grief and even Jacob's struggle to do the right thing.
Then you have these 'litches' who seem to be part golem and part scary zombie...
Lastly, this book is super long and there is a lot of development and individual story telling which helps with building out the world Miro has created and the characters. There is a lot left to walk into a second book and yes, I will patiently wait for it because there is nothing ordinary about these monsters.
chylth's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
peggyluwho's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
lightening_fly's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-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
4.5
This book was amazing for world building and character development. The action of this book was slow until the end, but the development made it worth it. 110% excited for the next book, I feel like so much was unanswered and I just want to learn the truth between what everyone is saying!
I want lil Marlowe to come back ;-;
I want lil Marlowe to come back ;-;
idogrocker's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
danwyn's review against another edition
4.0
I have no idea how to rate this book, but it’s somewhere in the 3 to 4 range for me. It manages to be kind of a mess and way too long while also somehow really good? I’ll definitely give the second one a go when it comes out. Audiobook narrator was also really good.