Reviews

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

xjinxedx's review

3.0

I wanted to love this book. It was quirky and adorable but I found it hard to stick with the story.

jennymock's review against another edition

4.0

Definitely adding this one to the school library. Quality fantasy combined with self acceptance.

fyrekatz's review against another edition

4.0

What a good book! Would have gotten 5 stars but the end was rushed quite a bit!

kraley's review against another edition

3.0

This book started out charming and whimsical, but then the male character became annoying. The dialogue was stilted and the ending was a little too deus ex machina for me. The world was interesting, but never made much sense. If you are looking for a whimsical book I would recommend Catherynne Valente's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. It was charming and fantastical.

readingrocio's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

jessethereader's review against another edition

4.0

FULL VIDEO BOOK REVIEW HERE: https://youtu.be/QsBEM59aBCg

This was such a whimsical read! I can't say that I liked it more than the shatter me trilogy, but it's also COMPLETELY different than the SM trilogy. The writing was everything. Can Tahereh Mafi teach me how she does it? I'm jealous of her craft! The one thing that I had a major issue with in this book is that the world of furthermore is HECKA confusing. Like, I'm still questioning it. I feel like every 5 pages we'd learn about a new rule or a new weird aspect of the world and I'd be left feeling confused. At the same time, I almost feel like she wanted it to be that way. Furthermore might be something that you're not supposed to fully understand. I just didn't feel like it was a strong point in this story. Overall though, I really enjoyed this book! (Full video book review to come!)





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mirandaria's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

henriet's review against another edition

4.0

Ik vond dit een leuk boek, waar ik echt doorheen ben gevlogen. In het begin was ik bang dat ik het niet zo leuk zou vinden dat de hoofdpersonages zo jong zijn, maar hier heb ik gedurende het verhaal gelukkig weinig last van gehad.

Het boek las lekker weg en ik vond de schrijfstijl ook erg leuk. Ik vond het leuk dat het verhaal soms als het ware door een derde/verhalenverteller werd verteld.

Het boek voelt echt alsof je met de verhalenverteller bij een kampvuur zit. De verhalenverteller vertelt het verhaal zo boeiend dat je even de wereld om je heen vergeet en je dus echt met de personages van het verhaal mee leeft. Alleen af en toe word je even uit het verhaal gerukt omdat de verhalenverteller een korte persoonlijke noot toevoegt, dat is dan ook het moment dat je je weer realiseert dat je naar een verhaal zit te luisteren.

Kortom, ik heb erg genoten van dit verhaal en de schrijfstijl. Hopelijk kan ik binnenkort snel aan het volgende deel beginnen.

xsleepyshadows's review against another edition

2.0

This was an ok read, I listened to the audio book on my way to St.Louis. The narrator has a very nice voice but the book itself was rather boring. There was a couple of interesting things like Alice herself I thought was very cool concept where her homeland celebrates the magic of color and she is colorless. Also I thought Oliver's magical talent of persuasion was very cool (also a little heart breaking!) and they were both pretty likable characters in general I felt. I liked the idea of Furthermore being chaos magic and Ferenwood using their magic to make a dependable society.
I feel like they missed an opportunity to make a cool villain or evil organization/cult for an antagonist because in Furthermore they eat flesh of creatures and people in order to get magic (which is super rad. I love that!) but I feel if they had an main antagonist plus the uncertainty of a chaos world would really make a more interesting journey.

This was pretty good, There was enough cool ideas to keep me interested. The ending is begging for a sequel which I probably would pick up! ~Ashley

ameserole's review against another edition

4.0

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