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Arany enklávék by Naomi Novik

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fubpg's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

angelune's review against another edition

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4.0

4.25/5 stars

still a very strong series all together, one of the best out there if i do say so myself.

i wish this book gave us a stronger closure and ending though. a lot of the elements in this book made sense, it was a bigger dive into el's character and her other relationships. however, i was so used to what the other two books have given us in regards to her and orion, that only having him be present for so little of the last (lastt) book just made it feel lacking...

1cat14's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

lfellin83's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

elainemh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

snowship's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.25

mourningstarr's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.75

mitskacir's review against another edition

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4.0

Probably my least favorite of the trilogy, because I really liked the hyper-contained setting of the Scholomance in the first two and expanded worlds often get a bit unwieldy (El was quite the globetrotter in this one, with either rather boring accounts of travel from here to there or big jumps where it was skipped over). I also felt like her relationship with Orion didn't have the same emotional heft - El was certainly busy with other things and they were separated for much of the book, but the payoff at the end wasn't as emotional as it could have been. Overall though, I continued to enjoy it and was eager to listen whenever I could. If I ever reread in the future, I would try reading a physical copy instead of listening to the audiobook - while it was pretty good, the reader sometimes irritated me and I think I would understand it better in text.

2nd read: Still super fun! Reading the physical copy did improve my reading comprehension. A bit hand-wavy with all the magic that leads to the resolution, but it's forgiven.