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4/5
Naprosto chápu, proč se některým lidem tahle kniha nelíbila - mně ale perfektně sedla do nálady, udržela mě večer dlouho vzhůru a moc mě bavila. Postavy, zápletka, prostředí. A ty zvraty na konci. Jedná o pomalejší urban fantasy, která mi místy připomínala Pána prstenů a antickou mytologii - ale stejně mi zase přinesla něco nového.
Na druhý díl se už teď moc těším - mám nějaké tipy, co by se v něm mohlo stát, tak jsem zvědavá, jestli se moje predikce vyplní :D
*knihu jsem četla v rámci spolupráce s knihkupectvím Luxor

futureisfowl's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

celine_2000's review against another edition

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challenging dark 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

3.75

noirverse's review against another edition

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4.0

the ending killed me

illene_c's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

I finished this book at 1 am and had to pace around the room in the dark afterwards because it was that crazy. I will try to make this spoiler-free, also.
I love and I mean LOVE all the characters in this book, James and Violet being my favourites. They're all so interesting and Will is such an unreliable narrator at times and I thought I had guessed part of the twist but boy, was I wrong.
The book starts off pretty slow and it makes you wonder how this story will progress. The worldbuilding is intriguing although not anything new (in terms of light vs dark). It makes you think this will be a typical chosen one story where the MC has to defeat the big bad but then there's this sort of mystery surrounding EVERYTHING. Then, shit starts to go down in the last 3/4 of the book where it's just twist after twist and it's heart-wrenching. I never saw it coming!!
I will never get over how the novel ended (please give me more, I love destroying myself with angst) and I need to read the next book ASAP.

farah_sk's review against another edition

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3.0

james is my cute little traumatized meow meow bbg. ALSO THE ENDING? HELLO??? i was way too invested in James St Clair to have seen that coming.

3.75 ⭐️

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