Reviews - The Cloisters | The StoryGraph

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The Cloisters

Katy Hays

3.34 AVERAGE

sharon_1963's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

gillytee's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense 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: Complicated

canfar's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

Writing felt like a teenager's first draft

umilee's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Promising, but too determined to include plot twists.

katekin's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jen_kehlenbeck's review against another edition

5.0

It's hard to write a dark academia book with a unique edge while still playing homage to the classics, but Hays does it! I want to say more, but man there's no way to talk about this book.

A must read for fans of The Secret History, The Starless Sea and basically any of my other favourite books.

smugsnail's review against another edition

2.0

The setting was cool, but it wasn't gay enough or interesting enough to sustain itself. I think the most compelling part was learning about the poisonous plants and flowers, which should not be the case in a book that markets itself it does!

palomahill's review against another edition

2.5

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Started off strong, I would have been down for that blooming into academic tarot educational content and/or for a spooky supernatural twist, but this was just a mess. Two subplots too many, no resolved.... anythings at all, no payoff on the vibes. Ugh.