16 reviews for:

Daughters of Chaos

Jen Fawkes

3.21 AVERAGE

jessicajernigan's review

hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This one is hard to classify or review. It's basically a genre novel with big ideas. It's close to being paranormal romance, but it doesn't meet the requirements for romance. It feels like it's aiming for "literary fiction," but those ambitions are swamped by janky world-building, lopsided plotting, and general lack of character development. There's too much going on here and also not enough. I do give the author props for writing a lost play by Aristophanes, though. 

evan_jakob's review

adventurous funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

franha02's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

viatrix's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

3.5

leahparke's review

3.0

I have read books where it's difficult to give a star review, but I think this is the ultimate. It's such a unique book! Jen Fawkes did a lot of research and took a lot of care writing Daughters of Chaos, but...

...yeah. This book has a lot going on. There are so many threads, but few of them get fleshed out to the level they deserve. I really think this is a story that needed a longer book. I liked the parallel between Apocrypha and Sylvie's experience. I wish we learned more about sister Marina.

As a former Nashvillian, I loved the alt-history take on the "public women" and connecting the city to classic Greek theater and ancient Roman mystery cults.

Even if this one didn't hit with me, it's an intriguing debut and I'm interested to read more from Fawkes.

Thank you, Abrams/Overlook Press and Netgalley, for an advance ebook in exchange for a fair review.

raychel's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

This wasn’t really for me. I struggled a lot with the multiple storylines and I felt there just wasn’t much plot. I kept going, hoping I’d feel differently, but even at 90% I considered DNF-ing. I like that it was focused on women and our power, but I think I would’ve liked it better had it not been so back and forth. 

faebae2001's review

emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

karireads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

lizhill834's review

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

lottie1803's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.0