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yarahossam's review against another edition
dark
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
shadybanana's review against another edition
3.0
Honestly I hate these kind of books. Oliver Twist, Bleak House, Wuthering Heights and all of Brontes and the Austens and Eyres. I don’t even know why. The melancholy and the misery just makes my heart go weird and I don’t like it. And what I don’t like, I don’t rate good. A screwed up logic you say? Yeah sure why not whatever.
BUT this book didn’t fail to amuse me. Firstly I don’t know if I’ve ever said this in a review before but Aubyn does a fantastic job writing this. The words and the flow of the phrases and stuff is praiseworthy. I’m sure there are other authors who’ve written or write at the same if not a better level, but I never reviewed them so.
Anyway the characters are well-rounded (if that’s a thing you can say). Patrick is just adorable. I’ve been told the next books are different and consequential and I must say I can’t wait. As much as I hated David Melrose I also liked him. Same with Nicholas. But if there’s one person I hated it was his mother. I can’t really explain why but David and Nicholas’ behavior frighteningly seems real but her mother is just abnormally dismal. I feel for her but I still can’t help but hate her.
See? I think the reason I liked this book was because I’m not sure which characters I like and which don’t and why I don’t like them. That’s a really neat trick to hook the reader, I’d say.
BUT this book didn’t fail to amuse me. Firstly I don’t know if I’ve ever said this in a review before but Aubyn does a fantastic job writing this. The words and the flow of the phrases and stuff is praiseworthy. I’m sure there are other authors who’ve written or write at the same if not a better level, but I never reviewed them so.
Anyway the characters are well-rounded (if that’s a thing you can say). Patrick is just adorable. I’ve been told the next books are different and consequential and I must say I can’t wait. As much as I hated David Melrose I also liked him. Same with Nicholas. But if there’s one person I hated it was his mother. I can’t really explain why but David and Nicholas’ behavior frighteningly seems real but her mother is just abnormally dismal. I feel for her but I still can’t help but hate her.
See? I think the reason I liked this book was because I’m not sure which characters I like and which don’t and why I don’t like them. That’s a really neat trick to hook the reader, I’d say.
cmgreen's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
caeru's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
kenziestevenson's review against another edition
4.0
much better the second time, originally it was my least favorite in the series but knowing what comes in the rest of the story made it have much deeper meaning. things I thought were boring the first time around were way more interesting and hinted at what was to come. what HORRIBLE people, but it just goes to show how good the writing is.