Reviews

House of Beating Wings by Olivia Wildenstein

anaoups's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

rebeccaefoot's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

4.25

coleendesu's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

FMC annoyed me sm. She's so down bad for D-man😟 Poor Anthony, I whish she could've given him to me😫😆

anavaldes13's review against another edition

boring as hell

ashwilly's review

3.5

It was pre good, nothing super special

bookishmommatay's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

10000bees's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I'm sure there are people in the world who enjoy books that begin as soap opera drama featuring a main character denser than a brick and end as an adventure fantasy with a main character who is only slightly less dense. But I am not one of those people. Why in the world did it take over 300 pages for the plot to actually get moving? What was the point?? Just to make me suffer??? And then it had the gall to almost be interesting in the second half. The writing was fine, the main character drove me insane, and the world building was pretty neat. Once I finished it, I was almost tricked into wanting to read the sequel because I'm a sucker for political fantasies and it seems like it was going that direction. Alas, I cannot forgive the sin of literally why did it take half the book to actually start the plot.

c10's review

4.0

An enjoyable read

A solid 3.5 for entertainment. Looking forward to the next one.

lexiereads_'s review

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

readitg's review

1.0

DNF @ 20%.

It wasn't me. It was the pacing. IDK. Just.... :(