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Sempre hem viscut al castell by Shirley Jackson, Martí Sales

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lakea's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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deathmetalheron's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

As a concept this book is phenomenal. The narration and perspective are really what adds to the unique telling of this story. Merricat's personality is evident within the first half of the first page and her personality defines and shines throughout the story. She is such an enigmatic and deceitful little protagonist and her spicy spit takes on her perceived "enemies" are delightful.
Unfortunately I feel as though the high points of this book are few and far between and the majority of the book is caught between these moments repeating a lot of the same dynamics over and over. For a 145 page book, it took me a while to get through because each page is dense. The story outline is great and the overarching themes are there, but the vehicle to get them to the reader is not worth the trip.

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mlovesbooks's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Another Shirley Jackson book down. She truly was an amazing author.

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thirdtimesacharm's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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soniajoy98's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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amandajm00's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was a bit slow to start but I found myself becoming very intrigued with the characters and the story line about a quarter way through! Overall, cool and unique book, beautiful writing.

I was left wondering if the only reason for Constance doting on her little sister is because she is terrified of displeasing her? Merricat often has an inner dialogue of “if people don’t bow down to her they will die”

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_lily_'s review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

this book was so wonderful oh em gee. i love merricat and constance so much. their dynamic and everything about them is just so amazing i luv them. my only complaint is the lack of commas & the absurd amount of ands in some sentences... but other than that, this book was very very good.

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