Reviews - Ace of Spades | The StoryGraph

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Ace of Spades

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

4.23 AVERAGE

xkatty's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious 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

iwephay's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aventadistrict's review against another edition

dnf @ ~20% i agree w some reviews that the prose feels almost middle grade? not interested

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

haleykatherine's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

I thought this book was really great - the author took a somewhat unoriginal concept (Gossip Girl) and made it something so much more profound than a petty YA high school gossip story. The authors note from the beginning really sets the tone and provides the needed context to fully appreciate what the author is doing here - DO NOT SKIP THE AUTHORS NOTE!

It was a bit slow going, took some time to really warm up, but once things started rolling, I couldn’t put it down.

I felt like I was left with a few questions at the end, which I personally hate, but none of them were super serious, so that’s more of a personal complaint than a real critique