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This Woven Kingdom

Tahereh Mafi

3.95 AVERAGE

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

Great writing. I loved it
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

3.5
adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

When I first started reading this, I thought the writing was hard to read and very formal, but I guess I got used to it because I absolutely loved this book. I can’t believe I nearly gave up reading it!

The only problem is that I felt a bit of disconnect between the main characters (Alizeh) personality, and what she was really written like. She was described as this great Queen, but she screamed a lot, was clumsy and behaved like a little girl which I felt didn’t match what other characters said about her/described her as.

The twists weren’t great, they were mediocre. I wasn’t shocked or anything. However there weren’t too many characters which I liked because sometimes I can’t keep track.