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La ciudad de los fantasmas by V.E. Schwab

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kingcarstairs's review against another edition

4.0

[3.5 estrellas]

Una historia corta, fácil de leer, con una trama interesante y que no le falló a mis expectativas.

Al inicio la idea general me recordó un poco al anime Jibaku Shonen Janako-kun (que es uno de los favoritos), y por eso no estaba muy segura que esperar. Pero a medida que avancé, me di cuenta que no era tan similar y, a su manera, City of Ghosts resulta peculiar y entretenida de una forma agradable.

Esta primera parte es una bienvenida adecuada al mundo de Cassie. Dicha introducción es fácil de entender y va directo a los puntos más importantes.

Cassidy y Jacob son personajes apapachables. Los adoro. Sin embargo, no se profundiza en su amistad (al menos como yo lo desearía) pese a ser un aspecto crucial en la historia.
Sospecho que en la continuación sí se desarrollará la idea por lo que no tengo demasiados problemas con eso.

También me ha gustado que hayan pocos personajes secundarios importantes porque así la historia se ha focalizado en una sola dirección.

Y amé las pequeñas enseñanzas que Cassidy aprende o deja a lo largo del libro: son sencillas y realmente valiosas.

rmcquade's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

1.5

A wild amount of Harry Potter references

bluubleuu's review against another edition

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4.0

➸ 4 stars

This is such an adorable and entertaining story !
✨ adore the friendship between Cass & Jacob (this precious boy)
✨ harry potter ref.
✨ the setting

Maybe because I didn't have high expectation getting into it, I ended up really enjoy it.
(no surprise, it's victoria schwab's book❤)

janaekara's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

rkedin's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

alisonvh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny 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? No

4.0

I usually have a hard time getting into middle-grade novels, but this one didn’t feel like a middle-grade novel. It’s so well written and such a good story that I read the whole thing in a day.

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