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We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

6 reviews

brooketreads's review against another edition

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

2.0

I’m really shocked with this book. I had this on my TBR and I saw several TT videos really hyping this up. So I moved it to the top of my list. I was expecting to love this. The begging started pretty great and I found Zafira a complete bad*ss FMC. However, did anyone else find Nasir low key disappointing? Also I didn’t want Zafira to be with Dean, until I did… and well yeah. After the beginning, the book just started to fall flat for me. I found the middle very boring. I nearly DNFed multiple times, but I kept gaslighting myself. I have been way too busy with school to really give it the time it needs and I figured that was maybe causing my uninterest. Now that I’ve finished, I feel the pacing was very off. Fast then slow for the longest time, then peddle to the floor and then slammed the brakes. At first it felt pretty original, until it didn’t. Just very typical choices that ya fantasy authors make after the beginning. Anyway, part of me is still trying to gaslight myself into reading book 2 😵‍💫

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izzysreading's review

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I don't really like YA and sadly this one has some of the tropes and typical phrases that I don't want to hear or read about anymore. I hope the author comes out with an adult fantasy book because her writing is amazing and the world seemed quite interesting.

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gabydoesgrowth's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

4.5

This started off slow for me and I struggled to stay interested, but once their journey began, I was engrossed in the book. I even thought about it throughout my day when I wasn’t reading. The two perspectives were easier to follow than expected and the audiobook narrators did an amazing job. 

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edilyaaang's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I was so excited to read this book because it got so many good reviews only to be disappointed by the story. At first I disliked Nasir. How can someone be an assassin and be so weak-willed at the same time. My blood boiled when he said the lines "I wanted my father's approval so I became a monster" like wtf is wrong with you! I know he had a terrible time growing up but it's not like he lost his compassion. He still knows what he is doing for his evil father was wrong and it breaks his heart evertime he kills someone innocent but he does it anyway so that his dad can love him wtf. I got soooo tempted to drop the book a third of the way but then things got exciting so I pushed through. But then I started disliking Zafira. It's like she just can't make up her mind. She's all for camaraderie one moment then cold and angry the next. Despite everything the gang has been through, she just can't trust anyone and is always full of suspicion which in turn affects the groups dynamic. Not to mention she was sooo useless at the battle in the end, she can't even keep the Jawarat safe for pete's sake! There were tons of times that I wanted to just throw the book out of frustration and give up on it but I was nearing the end so I just gritted my teeth and tried my best to finish the book. Whew, what a journey. I heard the 2nd book is waaaaaaay better than this though so I look forward to reading that but this one drove me nuts. Lol

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kbairbooks's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book gave me strong high fantasy vibes. I spent the first while confused because so many names, nicknames, words, and languages were thrown at me and although I got more used to it as the book went on even by the end I was still confused. That’s on me I’m sure as the reader but I also didn’t enjoy the romance (either of them) or the characters, or the fight scenes.. I dunno this was a dark high fantasy but I didn’t connect to any of it and the constant pov change and many tiny chapters felt exhausting to me.

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kinskinn's review

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adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0


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