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Read for book club & borrowed from my local library.

If I had to sum up this book in one sentence, it would be "hold up...I'm confused." I found so many ideas and moments in this one completely fascinating, but they were never really fully explored or explained. I spent a lot of the book confused (possibly just a me problem) and it all felt a little clunky.

There were so many characters, some which stuck around for a while, but an awful lot who appeared for a bit then disappeared for a large chunk of the book and came back, or just didn't come back at all.

Let's not even begin with the Daeva/daeva/djinn thing, that took me until almost halfway into the book before I realised the difference (?) between them.

Overall, I liked a few of the characters but there was so much time spent on politics and all that kind of royal court bickering/politics that I lost interest (again, could be a me problem as I generally don't enjoy reading about that). There was such an info dump as the world building happened, and even still I have so many unanswered questions and really unclear where, when or why I am.

actuallythesun's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

jhaagens's review against another edition

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adventurous funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

n_19's review against another edition

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adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

lacey_bu's review against another edition

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4.0

4.6/5 This book took me a while to get into but once I did, I had a hard time putting it down. The author created a dynamic world of complex politics and a familiar, yet still interesting magic system. This is one of the first books in a while where I actually cared about all the major characters and while I didn’t mean to commit to another trilogy, I’m looking forward to the next two books. Also, I love Nahri’s POV and I want to see more of her personality explored in the next book.

diecryread's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

typographic_whimsy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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