Reviews

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

q87's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

skyturtles's review

4.0

 Cover art looks like juvie fiction, but I assure you that it is not. Very entertaining take on the "princess trapped at the top of the tower" trope, Rapunzel yada yada Saint George yada yada Sleeping Beauty. Don't open this one hoping for your typical Mario rescuing Princess Peach.
Once again proves that the novella is the superior art form *ahem* 

spilt_moonlight's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

jocielu's review against another edition

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

4.0

thebetterstory's review

adventurous dark funny 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Well, that was glorious and really rather horrible.

I'll agree with the other reviews that well the ending kind of fits, the more you actually think about it the worse it feels for everyone involved, and tonally the cheeriness of it happening is completely off.

That said, if you've ever been the type to enjoy the flavour of darkfic or a certain kind of horror, particularly one about someone slowly being changed by their trials until they come out of it not quite right at the end—or if you've ever thought the words "I love a good yandere"—you could very well end up liking this a lot. Or if you think it might be interesting to watch one girl and one fairy of indifferent gender grimly and pragmatically figure out the best way to slaughter a tower filled with monsters using only the contents of one small living chamber and the friends body parts they find along the way. Really, though, this one's not for children unless they have strong stomachs, humorously censored swear words aside.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Sexism, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Suicide

greebooki's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

joyciereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

kpeeps111's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

Very fun. Love a good fractured fairy tale. More depth than you might think at the beginning.

library_rift's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.75

donut_holer's review

adventurous 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

4.5

A tight story. The love between Cobweb and Floralinda surprised and delighted me. I liked that it took so long for Floralinda to realize her own strength, though she never really deeply questioned her own worth as a person, which was refreshing for a woman not to question that. I loved that she develops a kind of bloodlust and that's positive character development! I feel like the first part of the story, where she wasn't battling monsters at all and was languishing really went on too long, and I would've liked a bit more plot about what she did at the base of the tower.