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thefairytalenerd's review against another edition
DNF at 21%
The story is a bit choppy on the transitions from one chapter to another, even from one paragraph to another. The narrator switches POVs often in the middle of a chapter. These make the story confusing at times.
Maybe I’ll try reading this again soon.
The story is a bit choppy on the transitions from one chapter to another, even from one paragraph to another. The narrator switches POVs often in the middle of a chapter. These make the story confusing at times.
Maybe I’ll try reading this again soon.
kaulhilo's review against another edition
5.0
“what were love stories but dreams of worlds where the sun and moon could linger beside one another long enough to learn the language of the other’s heart?”
god, i was so hesitant starting this book. i’m always hesitant starting fantasies, if i’m honest, but this book with it’s twisted prose and it’s roundabout narrative, it’s magic and miracles and gods and wishes, all of it and everything more, were enough to intimidate me into a quiet reluctance. and yet somehow, here i am, 9 days later (well technically 5 but...), finishing this absolute wonder of a book.
i had a general idea of what would happen here (thanks to vic going on and on) (and on) and it honestly had no impact on the actual reading process. knowing and foreseeing cannot bother a book such as this, with its heavy heartedness, with its moments written in the glimpse of a second, stretched out. i’m sure, even as i’ve finished it, that i need to read it again and again and again, and then maybe someday i’ll finally have my fill of it.
god, i was so hesitant starting this book. i’m always hesitant starting fantasies, if i’m honest, but this book with it’s twisted prose and it’s roundabout narrative, it’s magic and miracles and gods and wishes, all of it and everything more, were enough to intimidate me into a quiet reluctance. and yet somehow, here i am, 9 days later (well technically 5 but...), finishing this absolute wonder of a book.
i had a general idea of what would happen here (thanks to vic going on and on) (and on) and it honestly had no impact on the actual reading process. knowing and foreseeing cannot bother a book such as this, with its heavy heartedness, with its moments written in the glimpse of a second, stretched out. i’m sure, even as i’ve finished it, that i need to read it again and again and again, and then maybe someday i’ll finally have my fill of it.
okjaaaaa's review against another edition
4.0
don't talk to me.
This, like the Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, for me is one of those books that just get you; filled to the brim with words plucked right from your brain and it just pushes all the right buttons. The Heartless Divine scarred me in the best way possible, this story and these words have moved into my heart - and I haven't stopped thinking about it since I finished it for the first time.
This book is so intimate, so heartfelt, so full of life and love and hope, all the while it manages to be real and stark about humanity's brokenness, evil, and destructive and self-preserving tendencies.
Gods and humans alike are imperfect and full of potential, trying their best to live and love, and you will feel it. Hard and all-encompassing.
This, like the Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, for me is one of those books that just get you; filled to the brim with words plucked right from your brain and it just pushes all the right buttons. The Heartless Divine scarred me in the best way possible, this story and these words have moved into my heart - and I haven't stopped thinking about it since I finished it for the first time.
This book is so intimate, so heartfelt, so full of life and love and hope, all the while it manages to be real and stark about humanity's brokenness, evil, and destructive and self-preserving tendencies.
Gods and humans alike are imperfect and full of potential, trying their best to live and love, and you will feel it. Hard and all-encompassing.
cosmopolitan's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars solely for the side characters who have more personality than both of you combined.
tellasdantes's review against another edition
5.0
I don't even think I can put into words how this magnificent book made me feel in just over 400 pages. But I am going to try.
First of all, everyone needs to read this book. And I will be recommending it to my friends, family, classmates and even strangers on the streets because it is THAT good. The writing is absolutely incredible and wraps you up in the world in a way that not many books have been able to do with me.
It is intimate, romantic, angst-filled, heartbreaking and heartwarming all in one.
This "lovers reincarnated for centuries and only one remembers" is genuinely one of the best books I've ever picked up.
First of all, everyone needs to read this book. And I will be recommending it to my friends, family, classmates and even strangers on the streets because it is THAT good. The writing is absolutely incredible and wraps you up in the world in a way that not many books have been able to do with me.
It is intimate, romantic, angst-filled, heartbreaking and heartwarming all in one.
This "lovers reincarnated for centuries and only one remembers" is genuinely one of the best books I've ever picked up.
montescrito's review against another edition
5.0
uhh so... this was good... yeah, very good...
leaves the room
enters the bathroom and closes the door at her back
starts ugly crying inconsolably
leaves the room
enters the bathroom and closes the door at her back
starts ugly crying inconsolably
lshatilla's review against another edition
3.0
3.5⭐️. The characters, romance, and writing (*chefs kiss*) made up for the fact I had no clue what was going on half the time.