3.79 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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It’s hard to explain, but somehow it was nothing I had ever read. It was grotesque and crude, but I liked it either way, and I have to say it was intriguing from the very first chapter. The setting and the world building were amazing—very fact-based, I believe—for the time period it was supposed to portray, which made it even more captivating. And of course there was Hazel, who broke out of that very real social norm, and I just couldn’t stop reading about her. And Jack. And while I figured out the big secret, if it could be called that, like after 15% of the book, it was still genius. Now the ending, jeeez. I will be so pissed if they don’t get a happy ending in the sequel.

It was fine, but i think it shouldn’t have been marketed so heavily as ‘a love story’. The romance was pretty underwhelming in the first 60% of the book, and at that point, I would have preferred the story to be just about Hazel. Instead of trying to squeeze in the romance.
informative mysterious medium-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark hopeful informative tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional informative mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No