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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Maybe it's more about firsts. Maybe every first is a loss.
There was something quite lovely about this book.
There was something quite lovely about this book.
medium-paced
Absolutely stunning tale of ghosts and what can be lost. Loved the narrator switches and the events of the last 1/3 of the book in particular (being vague to avoid spoilers). Fowley-Doyle is an excellent writer and I am very proud to call her a friend.
adventurous
inspiring
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:
Complicated
Very cool book, right on the edge of magical realism (does the spell work? does it not? who can say?). Three stars (instead of more) because I still had a bunch of questions at the end, especially about Mags (and her dog[s]), what really happened to the missing boy(s), etc. I liked how the narration was split into three different perspectives, as well as the diversity showcased in this book (one character was disabled, one was biracial, two were bisexual, and one was lesbian). The Irish setting was cool, too, as well as some direct discussions about feminism one of the narrators, Olive, has with her younger sister Chloe. (Also, as this book is about losing [and/or finding] things, as soon as one of the characters brought up "losing her virginity" as a potential result of a spell, I was anticipating the eventual "hetero-patriarchal concept" [Olive's words] discussion/rant that Olive eventually has with Rowan, and I was not disappointed! Thank you Moira Fowley-Doyle for addressing this!) This book would be a good book for fans of modern-day urban fantasy who enjoy a little ambiguity and room for interpretation in their novels.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Very cool character and an interesting mystery. I loved the atmosphere most of all, as well as the fact that many things were left open. It's up to the reader to decide what happened, and I do have a few ideas...