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One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

473 reviews

caillou_kaju's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lucygboggs's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I love how much the main character bucks Fantasy Heroine tropes. There’s no Not Like Other Girls bs — she likes dresses and flowers and has no interest in fighting or riding horses, and the narrative doesn’t punish her for it, while also treating tomboy female characters with the same acceptance. Some parts were too expected and some dialogue was a bit much, but it avoided the things that annoy me about similar fantasy books, so I was willing to forgive the missteps.

And I’m glad I did — the end was ROUGH, but so good. But uh if you just finished Gideon the Ninth (like I did), maybe read a palette cleanser book between them. The endings are… similar.

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vaaanezza's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

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k9m5's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The magic system was unique! And I liked the relationship between Elsbeth and the Nightmare.

This book was advertised as enemies to lovers, but I don’t quite see it. I still enjoyed the characters, but they shouldn’t be called enemies to lovers.

The story took me a bit longer than normal to get into, but it gets better. Not quite a 5 star, but I will be reading book 2.

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nightknight217's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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: Yes

I really enjoyed this book -- the setting and lore felt very rich and fleshed out, which allowed me to become invested not only in the characters, but in the world itself!
There were a few moments that where tropy

enemies to lovers, and drama that could have been entirely avoided if characters could just TALK TO EACHOTHER!!!

But even they felt justified for the most part.
I'm looking forward to reading the second!

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schlavina's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Yes

It was my first fantasy book and I loved it. I couldn't put it down!
In the beginning I was a bit confused with the Providence Cards etc. but that resolved over the course if the book. Overall a really great book that does not have too much fantasy but some parts of it. Would recommend!

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sydapel's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense slow-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

I've been let down by TikTok romantasy recommendations too many times to count, but the hype that this has gotten is well-deserved. A totally new and creepy magic system that flies off the page, a cast of really intriguing characters and a romance that isn't the focal point of the story all comes together in a really well done novel. Can't wait to dive into the next one and see where it's going!

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