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micaelamariem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Fable is a story about a girl abandoned by her essentially pirate father and made to figure out how to join a ship crew on her own.
I definitely thought there would be more pirates and swashbuckling. Or at least less descriptions of how to rig a ship and climb a mast and whatnot. Those scenes really bored me and it got to the point where I didn’t care about the major plot points because I don’t care about ships and trading.
What I did like about the book was the complex characters, the slow burn complicated romance, the found family trope, and the themes of grief woven intricately throughout.
So overall, I liked the book and probably will continue the series, but I didn’t love it and am not in a rush to read Namesake.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Abandonment, Classism, Grief, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Child death and Sexual content
madalina0_0's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Death
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Misogyny
Minor: Sexual content
restlessreason17's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Minor: Sexual content
extrafolklore's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Torture
katievallin's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Vomit
taelights's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
But, I hated the romance elements. Honestly I thought Fable and West had no chemistry at all. Like Fable has a huge crush on West throughout the book but I never bought her feelings for him and other than his looks didn't understand why she liked him so much. I also thought their interactions had basically zero chemistry and felt really forced. Fable had a lot more actual chemistry with Willa who would have been such a better love interest for her. Yet another book where the cishet romance is boring and falt and the possible queer romance that authors refuse to acknowledge would have been 10 times better and more interesting.
It wasn't a bad book and I will probably listen to the sequel one day. I'm not dying to read it but this was a solid short read that I did enjoy though!
Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Sexual content
intothestarrysea's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
tikbook's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Buku pertama ini sepertinya memang ingin mengajak pembaca untuk mengenali dunia perlayaran, per-bajak laut-an jadi belum ada konflik yang benar-benar menegangkan muncul meskipun beberapa kali ditunjukan seperti apa musuh yang mungkin akan datang di buku selanjutnya dan sejujurnya aku suka karena membuat aku menjadi lebih mengerti lagi tentang dunia yang dibangun di buku ini dan seperti apa kompleksitasnya.
Bagi yang berharap ada romance disini tetap akan mendapatkannya meskipun itu bukan hal utama yang akan diangkat tapi hubungan kedua tokoh utama yang slow burn, diam-diam saling peduli, diam-diam saling suka itu menarik banget diikutin dan malah menimbulkan ketertarikan sendiri ketika baca.
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Minor: Sexual content
kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Sexual content
madsmcw_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Sexual content