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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
3,5/5 Het duurde misschien wel een maand voordat dit boek uit was. De eerste 50-80 pagina’s vond ik echt heel tof en het deed mij een beetje denken aan De Selectie. Tussen pagina 80 en +\- 200 vond ik het erg saai. Er werd veel verteld over deze wereld en alle verschillende religies. Ik vond het persoonlijk een beetje te veel en ik haakte telkens af.
Halverwege zijn er een aantal plottwists en krijg het verhaal een andere wending, dat vond ik enorm origineel en tof! Vanaf dat moment vloog ik door het boek heen.
Halverwege zijn er een aantal plottwists en krijg het verhaal een andere wending, dat vond ik enorm origineel en tof! Vanaf dat moment vloog ik door het boek heen.
All that is glittering is not gold. .
This book may thus far be my least favourite written by Mead. It's a close call between this and "Soundless" (although "Soundless" had a lot more substance and more gripping story telling).
After about page 300, "The Glittering Court" just falls flat. I loved the story line up until the point when Adelaide and Cedric became a public thing.
It felt forced.
Over all, I'm a little disappointed.
This book may thus far be my least favourite written by Mead. It's a close call between this and "Soundless" (although "Soundless" had a lot more substance and more gripping story telling).
After about page 300, "The Glittering Court" just falls flat. I loved the story line up until the point when Adelaide and Cedric became a public thing.
It felt forced.
Over all, I'm a little disappointed.
It took a while for me to really get into this book. Once it got interesting it stayed interesting.
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-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:
Complicated
I was fooled into thinking this book was about girls going to finishing school and at the same time they would be trained in assassin-like behavior or whatever. I was clearly so wrong because this book was such a bizarre and boring book with an incredibly disjointed plot. The plot barely existed in this book, and then swiveled suddenly into some new colonizer subplot in the last 100-130 pages of the book. Everything fell flat -- the romance, the "twists," the friendships between the characters. The romance was the epitome of insta-love and I felt absolutely NOTHING for the romance. I do like and respect the author trying her best to develop strong female friendships but the Bechdel test, unfortunately, was nowhere to be found.
3.5 Stars
I'm surprised to say that I actually liked this book. I didn't think I was going to because people kept comparing it to The Selection and because I'm not a Rachelle Meed fan.
It was an enjoyable read. It had a little drop in tempo but it picked back up about halfway through.
The characters were likable. I loved Mira the most.
The description weren't my favourite part but I can't call them pointless because Adelaide noticed stuff like that. It was about her character. Though, I did like how Adelaide got some chance to some down to earth. It just had to happen.
The romance was a bit too fast and the world building needs a lot of work but overall, I like this book more than I have any others by Richelle Meed so that's a plus. And the fact that this is basically a standalone. It was good.
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adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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:
Complicated
I started this book as a young woman I finished old and wrinkled, it was that long and dull. I want my youth back ! I almost quit it so many times. I didn't, I held on because I knew she had some secret BOOM moment coming that would make all the nodding off and forced reading worth it. No, it was 400 pages of slow conversations, inner dialogs, dressing and hair, boring meetings and even more boring problems. i thought the last 40 pages were picking up. Gods that sounds so sad. Well I thought they were picking up but I was foolish again. It built up to a huge semi better than bland so obvious resolution. I know you're thinking, wow that sounds boring. YES it was ! 400 pages that could have easily fit into 75 pages and not missed a bit of the story. I never liked the spoiled Countess, the MC, never admired her stupid choices, or attitude.What was the book about ? A rich Countess doesn't want to marry her cousin to save her class standing so she runs away and sells herself to a group that will train her to be an good upper class wife in the new world sold to the highest bidder. She decides not to follow those rules and fall fro another. Then she must lower herself even lower and do actual labor.
I will not read anymore in this series