Reviews

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

nicole8403's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

britchiniquy's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

3.5

Reads as a memoir/ research paper. I feel like if you know that going in, you’ll enjoy it better

linzlee's review against another edition

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

3.0

kwalker314's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.5

such a beautiful allegory for how important it is to be yourself freely, especially as a woman. i loved the relationship between beatrice and alex, alex and sonja, and so many other characters. definitely cried a bit!

bookzoo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

margaret721's review against another edition

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

2.75

brieizziye's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

The book is a good idea but unfortunately doesn't land. I still have no idea if this book is aimed for feminism, lesbianism, transgender influences. You can't have a fantasy book without building some type of world, just lazy writing. 

alsavini's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

mcasto's review against another edition

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challenging 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

3.0

lisa_serenitynow's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

4.5