Reviews

Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

bernatgp's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I love the style, but here I figured out the mystery really quick and I expected more of a whodunnit.

birdloveranne's review against another edition

4.0

I thought this was pretty good. It was an interesting version of the Faerie world.

ches2496's review against another edition

There was a toxic relationship involving grooming that never got called out, and it just put a really bad taste in my mouth.

elllljayyyy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

starfallz's review against another edition

4.0

Very cool book. Irritated that the pronunciation guide has the wrong pronunciation for "kitsune" though.

cozyhades's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

alicia19096's review against another edition

5.0

a friend knows my taste very well. this book is fantastic so far

atagarev's review against another edition

4.0

A promising beginning to a new urban fantasy series. A large portion of the book is dedicated to setting up the world and some longer running mysteries and conflicts and there is much more emphasis on building the mystery than on action scenes than the typical UF book. Overall this makes for a very slow paced book that takes a lot of time to establish many characters and interpersonal conflicts that are... well, honestly, totally superfluous to the main conflict in the book. There are honestly so many side characters that they take center stage and leave the "main" plot as an afterthought. This might have bothered me more if said main plot was interesting or engaging but it was a pretty cookie cutter mystery with a magical macguffin where the obvious bad guy with an obvious motivation turns out to be the bad guy with the obvious motivation by the end i.e. its almost an anti-twist as the first immediate guess of the reader turns out to be the correct.

alikatson's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars... eh, parts of this book were really neat and parts were just darn boring. From what I've read looking forward this series does get good later on so fingers crossed.

One huge plus was I loved that was set in San Francisco, I know that city well so it is always fun to visit in literary form.

eastofreality's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5