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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think my experience may have been tainted by the narrator. The whispering voices made me want to vomit. But also had an issue with the mixed tones of this. YA vibes but with a lot of violence and sex... I felt very awkward reading about teenagers described as children having oral sex. It just didn't meld for me. Also the morals of the characters were so inconsistent they just didn't make sense.
I read many reviews saying how hard it was to get through reading this book... and I totally agree with them.
I’ve had a very hard time reading the first half of the book with all its adjectives and footnotes (and yes I am this kind of person that has to read every single little thing) and this was the main reason reading this took me forever
B U T
I am very glad I pulled myself together and actually finished it!
Even tho the first half was kind of hard to read, I couldn’t put the book down and finished the other half in 2 days. I absolutely love this story with the character Mia Corvere!
And the way how brutally this is written? I’m all for it!
Also I couldn’t help but read all the overly dramatic written parts with a very sarcastic voice since I felt like the ‘author’ is indeed a very sarcastic person.
After reading the first two sentences of the book I knew this book will be amazing and I were right.
~3,5 stars
I’ve had a very hard time reading the first half of the book with all its adjectives and footnotes (and yes I am this kind of person that has to read every single little thing) and this was the main reason reading this took me forever
B U T
I am very glad I pulled myself together and actually finished it!
Even tho the first half was kind of hard to read, I couldn’t put the book down and finished the other half in 2 days. I absolutely love this story with the character Mia Corvere!
And the way how brutally this is written? I’m all for it!
Also I couldn’t help but read all the overly dramatic written parts with a very sarcastic voice since I felt like the ‘author’ is indeed a very sarcastic person.
After reading the first two sentences of the book I knew this book will be amazing and I were right.
~3,5 stars
Ho adorato il libro. Ogni. Sua. Parola.
Quella che ho detestato è la traduzione.
Una bella edizione non basta a nascondere la tonnellata di refusi che ci ho trovato dentro (con tutto che ero presa dalla trama) e l'eccessiva passione del traduttore per la parola "puttana". Dubito seriamente che Jay Kristoff abbia fatto usare "whore" a delle ragazze riferito ad altre ragazze. Sono più incline a credere che abbia usato "bitch". Mi ha fatto onestamente senso vedere uno slut-shaming imposto a dei personaggi che, tra le varie cose, imparano il sesso e il potere della seduzione. Mi ha fatto proprio senso.
I prossimi li comprerò in inglese.
Quella che ho detestato è la traduzione.
Una bella edizione non basta a nascondere la tonnellata di refusi che ci ho trovato dentro (con tutto che ero presa dalla trama) e l'eccessiva passione del traduttore per la parola "puttana". Dubito seriamente che Jay Kristoff abbia fatto usare "whore" a delle ragazze riferito ad altre ragazze. Sono più incline a credere che abbia usato "bitch". Mi ha fatto onestamente senso vedere uno slut-shaming imposto a dei personaggi che, tra le varie cose, imparano il sesso e il potere della seduzione. Mi ha fatto proprio senso.
I prossimi li comprerò in inglese.
This was like Hogwarts meets Assassin’s Creed.
I loved the evolution of Mia. I can’t wait to read the next one.
I loved the evolution of Mia. I can’t wait to read the next one.
Read for my 'Acceptable' N.E.W.T in Astronomy 2019 #magicalreadathon. Prompt - Moon on the cover or in the title. Career choice - Ministry of Magic, Department of Mysteries Worker.
adventurous
funny
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:
N/A
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I was but I shouldn't be surprised since it is Jay Kristoff. I'll admit it was hard for me to get into it in the beginning but it soon picked up and the footnotes were really fun to read and it was actually refreshing to read something really dark and gory that you really don't get in YA all that much. Mia has officially become one of my all time favorite characters and I can't wait to read more of her in the next books.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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