Reviews

The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

wholesomeaino's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

the first 200 pages were pretty slow going but pushing through them was still worth it. vasya is such an amazing character! can't wait to see where her story goes <3

lurker_stalker's review against another edition

5.0

I need to process but if I could give this book more than five stars, I would. It's beautifully written with action and complex relationships. I love this one even more than the first.

maledicte's review against another edition

5.0

I wrote a review for this book on my blog! You can read it here.

beatrice0607's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

2.5

m_corsano's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

dhasenkampf's review against another edition

2.0

This book just did not work for me. I think Katherine Arden is an amazing writer and her prose is absolutely beautiful. But I couldn't stand the MC in this book. I thought she was so dumb; it was almost unbelievable. I just couldn't root for her the same way I did in the first book. 

alicebme's review against another edition

4.0

As good as the first. I spent a few pages furious enough to not want to finish, but it did not ultimately disappoint.

cdavs's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

Enjoyed it much more than the first book, you’re more invested in the main character Vasya and her fight for freedom. She is a character who isn’t satisfied with a woman’s lot in life in history and is determined to find her own path. It’s got a nostalgic vibe as in the background you can see the folklore of Russia dying, while Vasya acts as one of the last links to it. 

lbarsk's review against another edition

5.0

WOW WOW WOW!!!! LITERALLY WOW!!!

First of all I can't believe that we got TWO BOOKS OF A TRILOGY IN ONE YEAR - the gift of bookending 2017 with books 1 and 2 of the Winternight Trilogy is one of the few good things of this trash year.

AND SECOND OF ALL JUST LIKE! THIS WAS SO GOOD! I don't know what I was expecting going into the book, but whatever expectations I did have were exceeded and kind of blown to pieces. Katherine Arden is a gifted storyteller with a knack for writing, and I appreciate how *different* each character feels, if that makes sense. In some books characters feel surface-level different but then are all sort of mirror images of each other, or caricatures of the author; in The Girl in the Tower every person (and/or domovoi) feels unique and vibrant.

Plus the mythology of this world, the fables and the storytelling of it, is just so excellently done. BRING ON THE THIRD BOOK, BRING ON MUCH MORE BY KATHERINE ARDEN

jyeetreads's review against another edition

5.0

5/5. I am ... wow ... this series has been breathtaking and I just finished this whole sequel in one sitting
I think this book deserves a very hard earned spot on my (all time) favorites list of only 6 other books.