610 reviews for:

In These Hallowed Halls

Marie O'Regan, Paul Kane

3.4 AVERAGE

jillwerbisky's review against another edition

2.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

midnightreaderslibrary's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

neethya's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jessady's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Best story: tie between "The Unknowable Pleasures" by Susie Yang and "Phobos" by Tori Bovalino 5/5 for both

Worst story: "X House" by J. T. Ellison 1.5/5

Mean rating: 3.8
Median rating: 3.5

Rounded up to 4 because it's hard to make an anthology for such a loosely defined informal subgenre and they did a pretty good job

wildeflower16's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

raywalmsley's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious fast-paced

well_not_this_time's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eleanormck13's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

claudiebee's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

retrogirl20's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was overall just ok. There were some standout stories like Pythia and Weekend at Berties, but overall the collection is just ok. As the introduction says, this is a great place to start if you are new to the Dark Academia genre!