120 reviews for:

Stargazy Pie

Victoria Goddard

3.65 AVERAGE

zimmerea's review

4.75

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love the characters, and found the story much more purposeful in its prose than the hands of the sun series (likely due to the shorter page count). Goddard is a master of the fantasy of working hard and suffering without glory and then being adored and loved by your family and friends who are in horror that you had to go through so much without their knowledge- you can expect this theme through all her books, and it certainly isn't absent here!

fiddlak's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny fast-paced

rosemary_for_remembrance's review

4.0

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

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Well, that was deeply silly.

nonesensed's review against another edition

5.0

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Jemis Greenwing has had an emotionally rough time of late. Well, "of late" might be too mild a term for it. His father long disgraced, his university graduation in shambles and his heart broken, Jemis returns to the town he grew up in to perform the less than prestigious work of book shop assistant. But not everyone in town find Jemis loathsome and there is a mystery afoot! A mystery that starts with an unappetizing fish pie.

A fun read! I enjoyed Jemis as a character and I was pulled in both by his personal woes and by the mystery of the plot. If you've read and enjoyed Hands of the Emperor, I highly recommend this book to you! If you haven't, I'm sure it's an enjoyable read as well, but since I'm already familiar with the setting through reading the author's earlier books I have a hard time determining if this is the best place to dive in. I do recommend reading Victoria Goddard's books though! It's a fun and diverse world when it comes to both societies, magic and people. 

lucinda_rose3's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

crocus's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: No

ethayden2's review against another edition

2.0

funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

the_discworldian's review

3.75

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

antithesis's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ploceus_ymile's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault