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renpuspita's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Buku ini masuk kategori YA, tapi entahlah gue merasa dari segi usia tokoh2nya saja sudah diatas YA. Okelah tokoh utama, Ceony Twill itu 19 tahun, tapi dengan setting cerita di awal abad 20 umur segitu benernya sudah dianggap dewasa. Belum lagi love interestnya Ceony, Emery Thane, usianya dah 30an lebih. Lebih tua dari Ceony 12 tahun! Kalau dari segi cerita ya memang ini bisa juga masuk YA karena termasuk sederhana juga world building. Walaupun magic systemnya tuh unik! Pengendalian akan material di dunianya Paper Magician itu hanya terbatas pada materi buatan manusia, seperti besi, kaca, karet, plastik, kertas dll. Jadi yg bukan buatan manusia ga bisa? Bukannya ga bisa, tapi pengendalian akan material di luar buatan manusia seperti katakanlah darah, akan membuatmu jadi Penyihir Pembelot atau penjahat deh. Sistem sihir yang unik ini emang mau ga mau ngingetin gue sama salah satu author yg juga bikin magic system dari hal2 sederhana. Siapa lagi kalau bukan Brandon Sanderson? Ternyata waktu gue baca bagian acknowlegdment, Charlie N. Holmberg bilang kalau Sanderson itu salah satu mentornya di kelas menulis. Haha pantesan kok rada - rada familiar penggunaan sistem sihirnya, walau Sanderson jauh lebih detail lagi jelasinnya ketimbang Holmberg.
Walau awal - awal ceritanya agak slow dan kita diperlihatkan sama Ceony yg kesel banget gegara ga bisa jadi Pengendali Besi dan harus jadi Pengendali Kertas, cerita mulai seru saat Emery diserang dan jantungnya diambil. Vibe awalnya emang kayak cerita daddy long legs, apalagi Emery jauh lebih tua dari Ceony. Walau Ceony kesel, toh dia pasrah juga mau jadi Pengendali Kertas dan diajarin sama Emery macem2. Menurut gue kelebihan cerita ini emang di proses Ceony belajar sihir Kertas yang ajaib banget! Gue yakin tiap orang yg abis baca buku ini jadi pengen belajar origami. Nah saat jantung Emery diambil dan Ceony pergi sendirian buat nyelamatin si jantung, alur ceritanya mulai cepat dan cuma hitungan hari karena jantung sementara Emery yg berasal dari kertas ga akan bertahan lama. Di bagian inilah akhirnya Ceony tahu masa lalu Emery yang kompleks termasuk hubungan Emery dengan Lira, dimana Lira ini ada Penyihir Pembelot yang mengambil jantung Emery.
Untuk segi romansanya sih tipis-tipis ya dan kelihatan banget Ceony yang jatuh cinta duluan sama Emery walau alasannya karena pas dia tahu Emery yg kasih beasiswa buat belajar dan juga gegara lihat masa lalu Emery itu agak kurang kuat buat gue. Tapi ya orang mau jatuh cinta itu kadang alasannya macem2, lol. Romansanya sendiri ga terlalu fokus kok dan ceritanya emang lebih ke upaya Ceony buat nyelamatin Emery. Ceony sendiri emang berbakat ya karena dia bisa menguasai sihir kertas dengan cukup bagus walau bagian yang susah seperti membuat anjing dari kertas itu baru Emery yang bisa. Menarik buat tahu gimana Ceony nanti akan berkembang jadi Pengendali Kertas yang sesungguhnya.
Terjemahannya sendiri rapi meski ada beberapa typo. Sayangnya, hurufnya kecil - kecil BANGET dan mayan bikin gue spaneng. Edisi asli buku ini tuh 222 halaman sementara diterjemahkan jadi 236 hal. Hemat kertas banget ga tuh? Ironis mengingat kertas juga jadi fokus utama cerita ini, hehehe. Kekurangannya memang di bagian awal yang agak slow karena setelah Ceony masuk ke jantung Emery itu ceritanya mulai oke dan gue kagum sama cara Holmberg menganalogikan kenangan dan impian manusia itu di jantung. Dalam bahasa Inggris, jantung itu heart, sementara heart di bahasa Indonesia juga berarti hati; tempat kenangan berasal. Menurut gue ini cukup puitis dan lebih bisa diikuti ketimbang pakai bagian otak misalnya 😆.
Untuk sebuah debut dan buku pembuka sebuah series, The Paper Magician ini cukup seru dan cukup bikin penasaran karena ceritanya emang masih berlanjut. Cocok juga buat yg nyari fantasy ringan dengan jumlah halaman yg ga terlalu banyak.
Walau awal - awal ceritanya agak slow dan kita diperlihatkan sama Ceony yg kesel banget gegara ga bisa jadi Pengendali Besi dan harus jadi Pengendali Kertas, cerita mulai seru saat Emery diserang dan jantungnya diambil. Vibe awalnya emang kayak cerita daddy long legs, apalagi Emery jauh lebih tua dari Ceony. Walau Ceony kesel, toh dia pasrah juga mau jadi Pengendali Kertas dan diajarin sama Emery macem2. Menurut gue kelebihan cerita ini emang di proses Ceony belajar sihir Kertas yang ajaib banget! Gue yakin tiap orang yg abis baca buku ini jadi pengen belajar origami. Nah saat jantung Emery diambil dan Ceony pergi sendirian buat nyelamatin si jantung, alur ceritanya mulai cepat dan cuma hitungan hari karena jantung sementara Emery yg berasal dari kertas ga akan bertahan lama. Di bagian inilah akhirnya Ceony tahu masa lalu Emery yang kompleks termasuk hubungan Emery dengan Lira, dimana Lira ini ada Penyihir Pembelot yang mengambil jantung Emery.
Untuk segi romansanya sih tipis-tipis ya dan kelihatan banget Ceony yang jatuh cinta duluan sama Emery walau alasannya karena pas dia tahu Emery yg kasih beasiswa buat belajar dan juga gegara lihat masa lalu Emery itu agak kurang kuat buat gue. Tapi ya orang mau jatuh cinta itu kadang alasannya macem2, lol. Romansanya sendiri ga terlalu fokus kok dan ceritanya emang lebih ke upaya Ceony buat nyelamatin Emery. Ceony sendiri emang berbakat ya karena dia bisa menguasai sihir kertas dengan cukup bagus walau bagian yang susah seperti membuat anjing dari kertas itu baru Emery yang bisa. Menarik buat tahu gimana Ceony nanti akan berkembang jadi Pengendali Kertas yang sesungguhnya.
Terjemahannya sendiri rapi meski ada beberapa typo. Sayangnya, hurufnya kecil - kecil BANGET dan mayan bikin gue spaneng. Edisi asli buku ini tuh 222 halaman sementara diterjemahkan jadi 236 hal. Hemat kertas banget ga tuh? Ironis mengingat kertas juga jadi fokus utama cerita ini, hehehe. Kekurangannya memang di bagian awal yang agak slow karena setelah Ceony masuk ke jantung Emery itu ceritanya mulai oke dan gue kagum sama cara Holmberg menganalogikan kenangan dan impian manusia itu di jantung. Dalam bahasa Inggris, jantung itu heart, sementara heart di bahasa Indonesia juga berarti hati; tempat kenangan berasal. Menurut gue ini cukup puitis dan lebih bisa diikuti ketimbang pakai bagian otak misalnya 😆.
Untuk sebuah debut dan buku pembuka sebuah series, The Paper Magician ini cukup seru dan cukup bikin penasaran karena ceritanya emang masih berlanjut. Cocok juga buat yg nyari fantasy ringan dengan jumlah halaman yg ga terlalu banyak.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Gore
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Medical trauma
Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Self harm
brickwall27's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm
Minor: Cursing, Medical content, Grief, and Sexual assault
This book and the series is fantastic but this is the lightest and least heavy so if this was hard to read at all then be careful going forwardmoody_gobling's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
The ills of this book:
Woman in the fridge trope,
Thin background,
Incomplete and rushed character development.
I wish this had been the thrilling Victorian-magican’s academy that I had hoped for. I’m proud to not have DNF’d it, but it took more effort to not do so than I would have liked.
Woman in the fridge trope,
Thin background,
Incomplete and rushed character development.
I wish this had been the thrilling Victorian-magican’s academy that I had hoped for. I’m proud to not have DNF’d it, but it took more effort to not do so than I would have liked.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Body horror
Minor: Suicide
a2_rache11's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Physical abuse, and Murder
Minor: Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Vomit
bigskydolphin's review against another edition
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Several people have tagged this as adult/minor relationship. It's not. There is a 12 year age gap but she is 19 and he is 31. It was a quick read but I loved it and will be continuing with the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Suicide, Self harm, Murder, Death, and Bullying
Minor: Death of parent
kartoffel_00's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
8/10/2023
This was a very short and arbitrary book. Infact it was so short that it suffered extremely from not having any natural progression of events.
Every went like this
Apprentice protagonist meets kind and sweet teacher → crazy lady barges in and steals his heart →protagonist learns about his whole life while getting the heart back and confesses→ fight, gets heart back→ done
To me it read like an outline with sparse details. Things were happening because the author said so, not because it was a natural progression of the story.
I couldn't immerse myself in it despite the interest in the magic system.
Final Rating: 1 Star
This was a very short and arbitrary book. Infact it was so short that it suffered extremely from not having any natural progression of events.
Every went like this
To me it read like an outline with sparse details. Things were happening because the author said so, not because it was a natural progression of the story.
I couldn't immerse myself in it despite the interest in the magic system.
Final Rating: 1 Star
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore, Suicide, and Blood
av0universe's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Body horror, Vomit, Gore, Blood, Suicide, and Bullying
Minor: Vomit, Sexual harassment, Death, Grief, and Bullying
graysonari3l's review
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Hmmmmm okay so
you know how when you watch a movie based off of a book, things feel rushed. The characters get less time to be developed, extra scenes that build the relationships are cut, and it focuses more on things that look cool for the big screen than the less visually appealing storytelling moments. But its okay because as you watch it you're like "I get that this had to be cut for the time constraints, bc there's more for me in the book that I'm building this knowledge off of. And the premise is really cool that I don't mind if is not fully fleshed out for film"
Well that's how the first half of this book read. Like it was cut and adapted for film, except this isn't the film. This is the book. We jump right in without really knowing our characters or giving them time to build a bond. We learn some about Ceony and that she doesn't want to be a folder, but she seems to change her mind pretty quickly on folding (and Mr Thane) to a point where it felt like her initial dislike didn't matter
Then, the second half of this book happens, that is essentially all flashbacks from our second main character, a character we didn't get the time to really see and know, so its like, why do I care about his backstory when I know nothing about him now. Our main girly is also super passive in all this, just passing through visions of Mr Thane's past without having any effect. And this goes on for wayyyyyy too long. Some of these scenes should have been cut or at least shortened.
Listening as an audiobook isn't terrible because the author does write good vivid descriptions and its easy to listen while doing other tasks, but if I had spent time physically reading this for little payoff I think I'd be more upset.
This would make a great kids fantasy movie. But as an adult book, ehh, its just too little.
you know how when you watch a movie based off of a book, things feel rushed. The characters get less time to be developed, extra scenes that build the relationships are cut, and it focuses more on things that look cool for the big screen than the less visually appealing storytelling moments. But its okay because as you watch it you're like "I get that this had to be cut for the time constraints, bc there's more for me in the book that I'm building this knowledge off of. And the premise is really cool that I don't mind if is not fully fleshed out for film"
Well that's how the first half of this book read. Like it was cut and adapted for film, except this isn't the film. This is the book. We jump right in without really knowing our characters or giving them time to build a bond. We learn some about Ceony and that she doesn't want to be a folder, but she seems to change her mind pretty quickly on folding (and Mr Thane) to a point where it felt like her initial dislike didn't matter
Then, the second half of this book happens, that is essentially all flashbacks from our second main character, a character we didn't get the time to really see and know, so its like, why do I care about his backstory when I know nothing about him now. Our main girly is also super passive in all this, just passing through visions of Mr Thane's past without having any effect. And this goes on for wayyyyyy too long. Some of these scenes should have been cut or at least shortened.
Listening as an audiobook isn't terrible because the author does write good vivid descriptions and its easy to listen while doing other tasks, but if I had spent time physically reading this for little payoff I think I'd be more upset.
This would make a great kids fantasy movie. But as an adult book, ehh, its just too little.
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
katelynprice's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Gore
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Suicide