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Oak King Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell

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hamalee's review against another edition

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3.75

The whole Knox/Fairfield thing seemed unnecessary. But I'd like to read Daniel's story.

dead_unicorn's review against another edition

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2.0

I won't say the book was badly written and the plot about the fae stuff was actually interesting, the problem is all of the plots involving Felix and the manuscripts was super boring and what the fuck was that ending that comes out of nowhere and is so stupid

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if the author had just cut out all the stupid shit with Felix and his debt and his creepy uncle then he could have actually had time to come up with a satisfying conclusion that wasn't them fucking in the middle of a fight to fuck over the queen it's so stupid

mcintmac's review against another edition

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2.0

i really wanted to like this, considering i enjoyed Mr Warren’s Profession.

unfortunately, i think this is a poorly structured and underdeveloped book (that’s also 300 pages too long). at no point was there a central plot with a clear objective. this book reads like the author kept scribbling down fleeting dreams he had at night and then strung those together into a story. it feels intangible.

ALSO, this might only be 2 sentences in a 500+ book, but it’s important to me (tw: suicide): at one point, our MC debates on whether another character committed suicide. he thinks (a) he doesn’t have cause to, bc he’s privileged, (b) but it makes sense that he could bc he’s weak of character, and (c) he’s likely to have taken “the coward’s way out.” this was unbearably hurtful to read. and extremely irresponsible to write. it’s also factually incorrect on all accounts.

intheend's review against another edition

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DNF @ 4%

Didn't like the writing style.

retrogirl20's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

The vibes were great but the story was just ok

katieanne4's review against another edition

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So, this was not totally my jam. I guess in the plot/setting/character debate my least important aspect is the setting. And this had a lot of good setting stuff. But the characters didn't feel super strongly defined and the plot was, well maybe there was too much plot. I'm sorry. I did enjoy it enough to finish. What an ending- didn't see that coming at all. I would try another of his books but this one didn't leave me totally satisfied.