nefariousbee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

absolutely frustrating pacing but gods. my favourite parts so far. I know that's just the way it is since it was written as a web novel and not an actual book so I can hardly keep that against it.
the character work is just amazing. I'm awe, I'm jealous, I am considering a proposal. I am going to go insane once some actual romantic things start to happen like, mutually

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wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

While the flashbacks will give necessary context to things happening in the present, it can be quite frustrating to read a non-linear timeline story.  It always seems like it's getting interrupted right when things are getting interesting.

I think this volume in particular suffers from it since the present is such a small portion of the book but there were definitely some memorable and important things going on in the flashbacks so I'm not particularly miffed about it.

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