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Casa de sare și amărăciuni by Erin A. Craig

102 reviews

chezler24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This book opens with a funeral and hints at ghosts setting me up for a book similar to gothic horror novels like Haunting of Hill House. I was ready to find myself lost in a new fantasy realm exploring the customs of the people of the Salt veiled with this overarching aspect of doom and gloom. The writing kind of lost me for a bit as it seemed to abandon the gothic horror elements in favor of random fantasy and love triangle plot lines. These aspects later came back around as the source of these elements was revealed but I did have to push through certain chapters to get to the big reveal. Ultimately, I feel like it would fall into the category of fantasy/gothic romance rather than gothic horror. The ending was enjoyable enough; however, the overarching plotlines were a bit weak at points and left me wanting certain aspects to be explored a bit more.

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sinaprst's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

THE VIBESSSSS.....I CAN'T

also the birth scene was so disturbing, i nearly threw up

recommended reading ambience: https://youtu.be/LJqVftwOIDc?si=bUpnVHgr70JxgERQ

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alyvia_jeane's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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veerau's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Felt very... Lukewarm. It had way more dancing than what I would have liked, but considering it is a 12 dancing princesses retelling that's 100% my fault in not digging deeper into the plot 💀
The start is somewhat interesting, but when Cassius appeared I definitely lost interest (it didn't help that Annaleigh was constantly thinking of the guy)
Mid book got so boring I fantasized about dropping it, but alas the ending was way darker that I imagined?? Definitely turned the book around for me

best part being the half uneaten half decomposed lil guy in the lighthouse <3 kinda sad it wasn't more gorey tbh, that would have been so cool

Characters aren't really that well characterized, but considering there are more than a dozen recurring characters the contrary would be mindblowing.
Extra: I did not like the romance like, at all. Why was it there. And why so rushed.

I was so hoping that Cassius was the killer but no, evil entity appears... Wishing everything was indeed her own delusion, but no... And then he dies!!! But no he doesn't...? Exhausting man

Also taking more space to mention how much I couldn't stand Annaleigh's name... It should be fine since it is 1st person (I think?? Not 100% sure tbh) but girlie likes introducing herself a lot 💀💀

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nut_megg's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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bookreadingelf's review against another edition

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3.75

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antimony's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

in this retelling of the twelve dancing princesses, annaleigh is the sixth daughter of twelve. four of her older sisters have died, one after another, and rumors abound about her family being cursed. annaleigh becomes increasingly sure eulalie, the most recent of her sisters to die, was murdered, and she also becomes increasingly plagued by maddening visions. as she and her sisters sneak out to dance the night away, annaleigh begins to wonder if there is something more sinister hidden behind these balls...

ok first of all to start off the setting of this was IDEAL. spooky windswept, salt-encrusted, waterlogged islands above cliffs and a sea that is not really actually evil at all but it is the sea so it must be and i mean that in the most positive way. AND theres a lighthouse. five stars for the world i would love to live in it. and the ENDING was absolutely insane. oh my god. i finished this right before bed last night and then i just had to turn off the light and stare at the wall and go to sleep without any time to process .... there was so much there. maybe this afternoon i will have to go back and reread the last couple of chapters. because they were so insane.

THAT BEING SAID i did have a couple issues. the romance was so very ya but to be fair this is a ya book. so what do you expect. also annaleigh had better chemistry with fisher SORRY. i don't care that

he was not actually fisher because fisher was dead

i am glad that at least the romance didn't overpower the main story it was just a little annoying. kinda instalove and the reveal about cassius's mom's identity was. i dont know it felt like nonsense. and i still don't understand how

he came back at the end. like i know it was his wish and annaleighs wish but wasn't he dead? or did he only half die because he's half god? ugh i don't know.

i also wish i'd gotten a little more explanation on

what was real after all -- like did the other sisters also think they were dancing? did the confrontation when annaleigh got back from the lighthouse happen at all? etc etc.

ALSO it kind of felt like some of the 12 dancing princesses elements were thrown in just to keep it a retelling like the balls didn't show up for a while and

was the contest for suitors even real?

that also being said i loved that annaleigh's dream was to be a lighthouse keeper and that

her happy ending was getting to work at the lighthouse after all :)

im a lighthouse fan !!!

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