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The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater

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thalia16's review

4.0
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: Complicated

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jocelyn62013's review

3.5
adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This might be 4stars on reflection.
A slow burn, amospheric ww2 novel. The hotel and it's Sweetwater are the main characters, how June and Agent Minnick relate to them is the main plot. The romance secondary. But strong in it's subtlety. 

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It's a Maggie Stiefvater book, to its core. I don't know if it has the same draw or staying power of The Raven Cycle, but it is distinctly a Maggie book. Intrigue, characters you could live or die for, class struggles, sensory details that put you right in the thick of it, a quiet little magic system you want to know so much more about. 

As her debut adult novel, I really enjoyed it and can't wait to see where this turn in her career takes us all.

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mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Maggie Stiefvater is one of my all time FAVORITE authors. I have read everything she has written, so her adult debut was an auto-buy for me. The Listeners is full of Maggie’s trademark whimsically lyrical writing with a cast chock full of intriguing characters, including the Avallon itself. However, it was a bit slow for me. And, in the end, I still had a few questions that nagged at me a bit. That being said, I did enjoy the blend of historical fiction—especially being set during WWII—and magical realism, and will continue to buy everything Maggie writes as soon as it comes out.

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uranaishi's review

4.0
adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring 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: No

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