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fallandfox's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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? It's complicated
4.0
Após a morte misteriosa de sua melhor amiga, Ella, Yuki e Rory viraram o assunto do momento em sua escola de elite, Grimrose Académie. A policia esta considerando a morte de Ariane como suicídio e o trio esta determinado para descobrir o que realmente aconteceu. Quando Nani Eszes a nova colega de quarto de Yuki e Rory chega uma serie de eventos começa a ocorrer e com isso elas descobrem que Ariane não foi a primeira garota a morrer de forma estranha em Grimrose e como contos de fadas e velhas maldições então envolvidas nisso.
Eu acabei pegando o ARC do segundo livro para ler e quando comecei estranhei a forma como a autora descrevia eventos como se fosse para eu ja ter conhecimento e entrei e descobri que estava na continuação infelizmente.
Acabei já entrando com a revelação de quem mandou a mensagem para a Ariane mas isso não atrapalhou minha leitura por ter o prazer de começar a conhecer de verdade as personagens e seus objetivos.
Fazia um tempo que eu procurava uma nova fantasia com contos de fadas e aventura no meio e esse livro foi um belo acerto.
Eu li esse livro por meio de audiobook, para poder terminar ele logo, e achei a dubladora incrível na caracterização das personagens. A autora do livro fez um ótimo trabalho de escrita e eu senti em um bom tempo uma conexão com personagens e o desenvolvimento da historia.
Todas as personagens foram incríveis para mim e os relacionamentos delas com os outros mas eu adorei principalmente a relação de amizade da Yuki com Ella e como elas agiam para proteger uma a outra.
A escola fica localizada na Suiça e é exclusiva para os mais ricos e poderosos atenderem. O cenário descrito da escola e de tirar o folego e me deu uma vibe Dark Academia quando era descrito o castelo por dentro e suas varias escadas (numero tão grande quanto de garotas mortas na historia dela).
Eu queria ter mais gente para poder falar sobre ele e as personagens, foi uma leitura tão incrível para mim e quando eu ouvi falar que vai ser lançado no Brasil ja comecei a me preparar para comprar e poder reler!
Eu acabei pegando o ARC do segundo livro para ler e quando comecei estranhei a forma como a autora descrevia eventos como se fosse para eu ja ter conhecimento e entrei e descobri que estava na continuação infelizmente.
Acabei já entrando com a revelação de quem mandou a mensagem para a Ariane mas isso não atrapalhou minha leitura por ter o prazer de começar a conhecer de verdade as personagens e seus objetivos.
Fazia um tempo que eu procurava uma nova fantasia com contos de fadas e aventura no meio e esse livro foi um belo acerto.
Eu li esse livro por meio de audiobook, para poder terminar ele logo, e achei a dubladora incrível na caracterização das personagens. A autora do livro fez um ótimo trabalho de escrita e eu senti em um bom tempo uma conexão com personagens e o desenvolvimento da historia.
Todas as personagens foram incríveis para mim e os relacionamentos delas com os outros mas eu adorei principalmente a relação de amizade da Yuki com Ella e como elas agiam para proteger uma a outra.
A escola fica localizada na Suiça e é exclusiva para os mais ricos e poderosos atenderem. O cenário descrito da escola e de tirar o folego e me deu uma vibe Dark Academia quando era descrito o castelo por dentro e suas varias escadas (numero tão grande quanto de garotas mortas na historia dela).
Eu queria ter mais gente para poder falar sobre ele e as personagens, foi uma leitura tão incrível para mim e quando eu ouvi falar que vai ser lançado no Brasil ja comecei a me preparar para comprar e poder reler!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Infidelity
meaghancook's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I really really wanted to love this one. There were just too many characters for me to keep straight, but they weren’t fully fleshed out as individuals. Considering they’re supposed to be direct parallels to fairy tale characters, it took me far too long to figure out who they were. And that ending was so rushed and outta nowhere. I may give the second one a shot but probably not any time soon.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Rape
17kmcollins's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gore, and Murder
thebooknook180's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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? Yes
2.75
Honestly I think this book just fell victim to my reading slump. Characters were decently developed and distinct from one another. The storyline as unique and definitely mysterious. Unfortunately it just took me forever to get through, so I was struggling actually wanting to read this particular book. I think it’s a duology and I’ll most like pick up the 2nd to see how the story wraps up.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide
jekisah's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
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
5.0
There were some typos but overall it is a great story!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
fe_aye's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
relaxing
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? No
3.0
This book was an interesting twist on classical fairy tales and folk stories, fighting fate and finding the truth all the while dealing with the challenges of growing up. An enjoyable read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
enchantedelfie's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, and Murder
catlong's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
2.5
Wasn’t a huge fan of the writing and it was poorly edited but i’m obsessed with the characters
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Deadnaming
aleshamiller's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
- 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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
scrubsandbooks's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The premise absolutely drew me in. These characters are basically stand-ins for popular fairytales and find themselves meeting the fates of their stories in some serious dark ways and the main characters have to figure out what is going on, all in the setting of a boarding school. And there are a slew of sapphic storylines. This whole thing read like my own catnip!
Why the rating is so low then? Well for starters, it was possibly the most stereotypical and offensive depiction of "severe OCD" in the main character. The trans character is a stand-in for the Beast from Beauty and the Beast. The ace-aro character is the Asian character who is also dealing with pressures of being perfect academically and personally, and comes off as cold and heartless many times. There was so much potential for this story, but the terrible depictions of representation overshadowed a lot of it. Read at your own risk, I guess. I did end up getting the sequel from Netgalley before I had finished the first book so I will likely read it and see how it fares in comparison to this one.
Why the rating is so low then? Well for starters, it was possibly the most stereotypical and offensive depiction of "severe OCD" in the main character. The trans character is a stand-in for the Beast from Beauty and the Beast. The ace-aro character is the Asian character who is also dealing with pressures of being perfect academically and personally, and comes off as cold and heartless many times. There was so much potential for this story, but the terrible depictions of representation overshadowed a lot of it. Read at your own risk, I guess. I did end up getting the sequel from Netgalley before I had finished the first book so I will likely read it and see how it fares in comparison to this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Transphobia