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The Plotters

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3.56 AVERAGE

mlewis's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

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medium-paced
dark funny reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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eventheyearning's review

3.0

this is so interesting. bit dull on some pages, but interesting
dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I would just about devour the 12-episode Netflix adaptation of this. the dramatic beats are perfectly written for film, with viscerally descriptive passages throughout, but the action somehow felt a bit dull on page, nestled between long backstory interludes. the society of assassins and plotters was very vividly rendered but we didn't learn much about the plotters by the end, nor was Mito's part of the story as carefully crafted as Renseng's. works better as a rumination on mortality against an imaginative backdrop than a story with a grander statement to make. I just want Bear to be ok.
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cctheunicorn's review

5.0
dark mysterious sad medium-paced
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

didyousayrysha's review

3.75
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

blonberg's review


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