Reviews

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

dishuel's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

I have very mixed.feelings over this book. It let me realize why I don't read much YA anymore but I can't really hold that against it. I really enjoyed the characters and how everyone is truly morally grey. That was the best part of working through this book instead of just dnfing like I considered. The worst of this is while I am usually rooting for the gays I wish that Soraya leaned into her more dark thoughts and followed Azad. It just isn't that kind of book though. 

davisivy526's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

rebecca429's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

rebekca3's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

3.75

ravenslanding's review against another edition

4.0

This was a very interesting book. Enjoyable, engrossing, and educational. By that I mean I learned a lot about Persian myth.
I didn't love the story, and I'm not sure why. I liked it, though!
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Upon reflection, I think what made me not love it was the utter lack of humor. It is a serious book. A good story, but nothing to make you laugh

sarah_mitra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

4.5

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

amermanda's review against another edition

Didn't hold my attention

15alex15's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-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

finnporter's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense 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? Yes

3.5

I really wanted to love the book and there is no objective reason I can name but somewhere midway thorough the story lost me a little bit. I loved the idea of the story and the messages it tried to convey but I did read another book before finishing this one. Now that I have, I don't know why I had a difficult time with it. Overall it was an enjoyable read though.