Reviews - The Book of Love

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The Book of Love

Kelly Link

3.7 AVERAGE

ilbelsogno's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous 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

Content Warnings

agillen93's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious 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: Yes

Concept was pretty good, I enjoyed the small town vibe. But I kept inadvertently comparing to Ninth House, which I liked a lot more. This lacks the intensity of Ninth House, and took MUCH longer for me to feel settled in the narrative. I felt really lost for the first 50-75 pages. Once I was in the swing, it was good. The emotions of the characters were really relatable (except for Laura, who SUCKS). Some turns of phrase and plot moments were so striking and beautiful that it kept the rating from sinking.

joannemae's review against another edition

0.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Reading this felt like cruel and unusual punishment. So sorry to the author who put what I assume to be years of work to write 640 pages of hot garbage.