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3.11 AVERAGE
3.11 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Meh. A novel so focused on its red herrings that it lost the thread by the end, leaving many dangling strings for no real reason. The final chapters are nothing but extremely long exposition, as the characters take positively AGES to spill all their secrets to each other. There’s also a distance in the story that keeps all the characters from being ones the reader cares for. This is necessary for the big twist, but otherwise means that there is no emotional ties to the eventual resolution. My biggest beef comes with the big twist….
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This novel falls dangerously close to making its transgender character seem like a bad guy, which is a trope I hate. Obviously within moments the threats are shown to be yet another red herring, but even skirting the edge is icky.
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This novel falls dangerously close to making its transgender character seem like a bad guy, which is a trope I hate. Obviously within moments the threats are shown to be yet another red herring, but even skirting the edge is icky.
Almost DNF this one.. wish I had. The writing was all over the place, story is very slow and drawn out. 1.5 stars
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
I was very excited when I saw this book initially. I found it to be very slow. The back cover describes it as “unputdownable,” but I put it down many times. After looking through some other reviews, it seems like other readers found it similarly slow. I think 3 is probably two high, maybe 2.5 ⭐️.
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes