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Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

6 reviews

surdiablo's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

2.0

'Interesting' subversion of a classic story with snarky humor. Made me chuckle sometimes but also became too repetitive, which I guess is unavoidable considering how the story has to progress. Felt like nothing special overall, but the ending wasn't what I expected and it seemed rather morbidly funny, especially the nice little touch on the last page. Overall, it was just okay...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

emmylux7's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-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

4.25

the princess saves herself with a help of a fairy who likes science. what's not to like. this book was hysterical from beginning to end. I highly recommend the audiobook!!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I listened to this on audiobook because I loved reading Gideon the Ninth by the same author, and I wanted to get a feel for this narrator since I know she (Moira Quirk) narrates The Locked Tomb series. First of all, Moira Quirk is fantastic and I'd listen to just about anything she narrated. As far as the story, it's an interesting examination of fairy-tale tropes. As might be expected if you've read anything else by Tamsyn Muir, it can be quite dark while also being sarcastic and humorous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Body horror

Minor: Vomit, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

aardwyrm's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-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

4.5

Striking the balance between riffing on riffs and intentionally clashing tones is tricky, but with very few stumbles, achieved. There are a few moments that are downright precious, but overall a fun little subversion for the generation that grew up on already subverted fairy tales. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Sexism, Suicide, Abandonment, Animal death, and Mental illness

kell_xavi's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

2.0

This is a difficult book to find a copy of, but it’s fairly easy to search up a PDF. I wasn’t that impressed with it, however, on the emotional/character development level or in terms of fight scenes. I’m not certain why Muir included so many monsters only to breeze past most of them. It’s a fun read, but not satisfying for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide and Vomit

jenny_d's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Suicide and Vomit