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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
dark
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:
No
A story with dark academia vibes through the research of tarot
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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:
Yes
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
informative
mysterious
slow-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
Ann's dream job working at the Met in New York is slightly derailed when she is reassigned to The Cloisters. Here, she gets assigned to a small group researching the history of tarot. She quickly realises that this is more that just research for her team. They are obsessed with finding a rare deck from the fifteenth century and will do more than just bend the rules to get them.
This book is advertised as a thriller but it didnt read that way to me. It was more contemporary fiction with a mystery aspect. The story was interesting and I enjoyed learning more about tarot and its history. The characters were difficult to like and their dynamics weren't fully explained, even at the end of the book. I still had a lot of questions when the book was finished.
This book is advertised as a thriller but it didnt read that way to me. It was more contemporary fiction with a mystery aspect. The story was interesting and I enjoyed learning more about tarot and its history. The characters were difficult to like and their dynamics weren't fully explained, even at the end of the book. I still had a lot of questions when the book was finished.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Very, very underwhelming. The characters were so flat. The dialogue clunky. For the first half of the book I struggled to figure out what the plot was. The descriptions of New York and its neighborhoods were so cliche, for example the first time the main character visits the Bronx: "It was my first trip to the Bronx, and it was vibrant and loud - car stereos and music spilling out of bodegas, people on stoops laughing and playing music of their own, a cacophony or a symphony, I couldn't decide." [p115].
By the time the plot started in the second half, the main character's choices made no sense at all. None of the characters reacted to things the way real humans would react..
In the last third the book turned into a sort of thriller style whodunnit? Except that the person who did it was revealed by another character immediately, so the last section of the book was just the main character not believing it until she eventually did.
By the time the plot started in the second half, the main character's choices made no sense at all. None of the characters reacted to things the way real humans would react.
Spoiler
Near the end of the story, she has been in a relationship with Leo (the sexy gardener from the Bronx) for the majority of the book. She figured out that he stole a figurine from the cloisters so she IMMEDIATELY reports him to the police even though she knows it will make him a primary suspect in a murder investigation. Then afterwards she talks to him and is basically "Oops sorry, I don't think you did it after all."In the last third the book turned into a sort of thriller style whodunnit? Except that the person who did it was revealed by another character immediately, so the last section of the book was just the main character not believing it until she eventually did.