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waqupi's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
unusuallyy's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
It's a great concept to play with, but there isn't much character development and it's hard to imagine the main character besides her love for umbrellas. It's kind of like they came up with one 'quirky' character trait and threw that into the mix but didn't develop anything else. The way the concept is presented also isn't great - from the main storyline to choices, it just goes choice to choice to choice - not giving readers much time to breathe and confusing me beyond belief. It had potential, though. Just wished it could've been structured and developed better.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child death and Death
Minor: Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Kidnapping
there's a gun mentioned at one pointjazhandz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
There are so many things that could have gone wrong in writing this book. It’s deeply, deeply ambitious and complicated. And to be clear some of those things do go wrong - in particular I think that this book falls victim to the classic anthology-adjacent problem of some stories being weaker than others.
But you know something? I don’t care. I was enthralled by the commitment to every single genre this book drew upon. I cannot imagine the time commitment of outlining and drawing and redrawing every single connection. This is ambitious and complicated, and imperfect and cheesy, and utterly fascinating to read. Hell of an introduction to Cashore.
But you know something? I don’t care. I was enthralled by the commitment to every single genre this book drew upon. I cannot imagine the time commitment of outlining and drawing and redrawing every single connection. This is ambitious and complicated, and imperfect and cheesy, and utterly fascinating to read. Hell of an introduction to Cashore.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death
Minor: Gun violence
The story begins after Jane’s aunt/caretaker since childhood dies - it’s not death of a parent in a literal sense but it’s treated as such by the narrative. Additionally, chapter 2 includes animal injury, but the dog is fine, I repeat, the dog is fine.gracefully_jk's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
5.0
One of my very favorite books, from my very favorite author. There’s a lot to be said about this book, but mostly, you just have to read it. “Maybe—just maybe—what was lost could be found.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent
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