Reviews

These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi

valeriaq24's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

malibee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

4.5

ariw's review against another edition

1.0

Wow — I'd enjoyed the first book fairly well, but this was a terrible follow up. Literally nothing happens. Over 402 pages, the only plot is that

Spoiler

Alizeh arrives with Cyrus at his city, cries a lot, has a bath, changes into a new see-through silk dress to replace her torn see-through silk dress, eats some bread, and has a million conflicting feelings about Cyrus (who is briefly tortured beside her in a random flower field) and argues with him multiple times about marrying or not marrying him (it... varies); Kamran doesn't die, gets changed into a few different outfits in varying shades of blue, yells at his new adviser, yells at his old friend, is locked in a tower, and flies away with a random group of the only named side characters from the previous book on the back of giant birds. Most of this happens in the last 100 pages. The whole thing covers the course of (less than?) a day. Nothing makes any sense, and it's all written in endless florid prose that I ended up having to skim most of (I did go back to check I hadn't missed anything — I really hadn't. Lines like "Were Kamran a different sort of man, he might've acquiesced then to a terrifying compulsion. He felt in that moment nothing greater than an ancient impulse to cry, valiantly resisting the instinct even as a flare of grief tore through him." — literally every line continues like this, as nothing happens, for pages on pages on pages).

Only even writing this now to remind my future self not to bother reading the third book.

elizaaah145's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.5

atevenfalls's review against another edition

4.25

 minus quarter of a star bc of kamran’s chapters i literally lost track of the amount of times i sighed whenever i realized it’s his pov again akghfghsh and also bc not much rlly happened? wdym the events of this book transpired within just 24 hrs 😭

ANYWAY FIVE STARS FOR CHAPTER 28 & 29 ALONE. THE ONLY CONFESSION EVER. I AM DEVASTATED. MY LIFE IS FOREVER CHANGED. CYRUS I LOVE YOU.

amber_veer's review against another edition

2.0

Some of the reviews I’ve read about this book were right. Nothing happens, it felt more like a filler arc in an anime that left me feeling like I wasted my time. I own the third book in this series and I’ll read that, but if things don’t pick up I’m fully abandoning this series.

aspia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

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

4.0

yas_lina's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

paligirl123's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

joyyy's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

The tension between Alizeh and Cyrus was CRAZY; they have incredible chemistry. I was wanting to skip Kamran’s chapters for Alizeh’s chapters lol. Definitely more vibes than plot throughout but honestly pretty enjoyable. I do want to know more about Alizehs powers though. I think that the little group going with Kamran is an odd but pleasantly entertaining mesh of people. On to the next book!