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I was honestly surprised with how much I actually enjoyed this book. The movie based off this book is one of my absolute favorites so I was excited to finally read the book because they are always better. I was shocked to see just how much they are different. This story is wonderfully written and isn’t slow at all. I will say I was a tad unhappy with the ending.

for one thing it felt incredibly rushed. I didn’t like how Tristran just accepted his mother as his mother with no questioning or emotion, given his father did tell him who his real mother was but it still felt played down. Secondly while I was happy that the romance stayed true as it does In the film, it felt too played down. There was no real build up in the middle that led up to them getting together so it felt just meh.

overall it was a very good read. I’m not usually much of a fantasy reader but this one wasn’t too difficult to get through.

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

I read this after having seen the film and it is quite different but still good. It has a different sort of charm and explains sone things better while the movie added stuff that were wholly enjoyable.

However, I'll treat it as if it was just the book and I gotta say:

- Don't particularly like the sometimes a little too sexual tone of the descriptions. There's just a vibe to it... Idk.
- The romance angle falls flat, somehow. There is just. The chemistry? I don't know.

- I do not get how Una could have known how life on Stormhold is and miss it if she was stolen by a witch as a baby??! I know it is a relatively minor detail but it irks me so much!

I did quite like the language choices, particularly for the voices of the dead and how it is almost common to be under some curse or another. And the Shakespeare-sounding words used, at times.

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