Reviews - The City of Stardust

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The City of Stardust

Georgia Summers

3.36 AVERAGE

chel_hop's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

t_j_l's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

jennoellevcp's review against another edition

3.0

Beautifully written prose, no doubt about that. Even the violence is beautiful and glitters and matches the feel the cover and title brings.

But there are so many gaps in the storytelling. It leaves out too much to let you get to know characters, so it reads like a pretty but superficial tale. This is a story that could have been stretched out into a longer novel or even duology to give these characters and their stories more justice.

I'm okay with the omission of information for a good reveal and even jumping around in storytelling. But there is so much potential for depth that isn't touched.

The world and fantasy type has so much potential, it's a shame to get in a cliffs note version.

vegiyogi's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Yes

I really enjoyed this until the last 25% or so - it fizzled out.

zed53's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I adored this book, although it does have a bit of a slow start but when the story started to get good I was unable to put the book down. Such a unique concept with a good mix of mythical creatures and world but also some real world adventure. There was also a good plot which surprised you at times especially near the end. This book also had a hint of dark academia. I really loved this story!.