skyfall's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

maddienguyen's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

lalandroses's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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

2.0

mladd28's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

j2trappy's review against another edition

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challenging lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Ngl 1st half was so boring I still love and hate how they remixed the old characters 😭

tilda_uw's review against another edition

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slow-paced

1.5

mirandaleighhhh's review against another edition

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I wasn’t expecting this to be great based on the cover of the copy I got from the library, but I was looking forward to another whimsical palette cleanser with the second installment. I’m so disappointed ☹️ 

There is excessive fat shaming (I mean really so much I was rolling my eyes), and the depiction of Arab culture and characterizations were racist. I’m confused that there aren’t more reviews discussing this. I skimmed through the rest to find insane shit about killing cats (apparently Sophie is in this and is a cat) and what appears to be human trafficking of his relatives who bare the brunt of the fat shaming???????????   ….?

I don’t care that this came out in the 90’s, it made me feel gross and honestly angry and it’s not worth my time. And what’s more is the story is so boring! I do not understand why she wrote this at all.

I am going to attempt to read House of Many Ways since I already got it from the library, but it’s really all soured for me now

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spookyoh's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I think this just wasn’t for me. It was a fun story, but I had a hard time getting through it. The ending was especially ridiculous. 

Fun score: 3
Critical score: 2

emely_333's review against another edition

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slow-paced

4.0

ainhoo_23's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 estrellas.
Me ha gustado, pero no tanto como El Castillo Ambulante que es la primera parte de la trilogía. El libro está ambientado en el mismo mundo, pero con diferente localización y personajes.
Tiene tintes de Aladdin, con la ambientación del desierto y las mil y una noches, y las alfombras voladoras y los genios.

He de decir que me gusta mucho cómo escribe la autora. Además me gusta mucho cómo se pueden diferenciar a los personajes dependiendo de cómo hablan.

Hubo cosas que no me gustaron. Digamos que la protagonista femenina, siendo el interés amoroso, para mí gusto se queda atrás si la comparamos con Sophie. Sophie era caradura, malhumorada, curiosa, cosas que la hacían diferente, sin embargo, Flor-en-la-noche tiene las cualidades más "clichés" (guapa, inteligente, delicada). No es que no me haya gustado, simplemente la veo más básica que Sophie. Hay un detalle que no puedo revelar que sería spoiler, pero básicamente no me hizo mucha gracia.

El libro para mi gusto empezó a decaer sobre las últimas 50 páginas o así, y la verdad que no sabría explicar el porqué. Dicho esto, no quiere decir que no me haya gustado, es más, es considero que es un buen libro. No le pongo 4 estrellas porque siento que le faltó algo, pero es una lectura que disfrute bastante.

Posdata: Me hubiera gustado ver más de Sophie y Howl, porque esos dos son geniales. La relación tan extraña que tiene me hace gracia; y es que me acuerdo que en el primer libro de las peleas entre ambos y la gracia que me causaban. (Quizá por eso no llegué a las 4 estrellas jujuju) ƪ⁠(⁠‾⁠.⁠‾⁠“⁠)⁠┐