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The Golden Enclaves

Naomi Novik

4.14 AVERAGE


Enjoyed this series immensely. There is a lot of exposition throughout, but it matched/meshed with the amount of world building needed for such an epic magic system and worldwide wizard history.

I think this will become a series I return to often.

The end of this always breaks my heart a little. Would that we could have that much hope in this bizzare, horrible world, and we without magic. 

4.5 stars
oh i wish i could give this 5 stars because i enjoyed it so so much and i didn't want it to ever end but i just can't get past the confusion i experienced from page 300 onwards and that one really weird plot line with liesel.
but this was an incredible ending to the trilogy and i don't know what to do with myself now.
challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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DID NOT FINISH

i was so anxious while reading that i decided to look up spoilers and now i'm holding back tears. this was my most anticipated book of the year. i used to call a deadly education one of my favorite series. really, how did it get this messed up?
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t confused for at least a third of this book. I had to revisit and reread several parts to (somewhat) figure things out. There were definitely some unexpected twists and revelations, but I just didn’t get the character growth and resolution for which I was looking. It was a good read, but not my favorite in the trilogy.
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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