4.08 AVERAGE

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

A sad yet hopeful mystery that ties to the underlying theology of the entire world in a really poignant way.
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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
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4.5
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It was Penric. That means quality
dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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https://wordnerdy.blogspot.com/2021/10/2021-book-224.html
https://wordnerdy.blogspot.com/2023/05/2023-book-87.html

This ended up being an apt story to read on Halloween, because it turned out to be a sad ghost story. Things start with a dead body being fished out of the harbor, except then…. he wakes up. And Pen gets called in, only to discover the guy is possessed by a ghost, but not his own ghost. And it just gets stranger and sadder from there. So this is /satisfying/, but not /fun/ in any way, and it kind of suffers in comparison to the whole fleshed out novel that precedes it. A-/B+.
adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No