Reviews - Gifted & Talented

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Gifted & Talented

Olivie Blake

3.84 AVERAGE

jaii_26's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional funny 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: Yes

blackrose098's review against another edition

1.5

challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

rmlknisely's review against another edition

2.5

emotional funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emaciated_dragon's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

catab624's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted reflective 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

tpainstan's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emahar23's review against another edition

3.5

This was Succession with magic. This was my first true character driven book and I actually really enjoyed it. It took place over a week and you see the development of people within themselves and their relationship with others. It honestly was a complete cluster fuck because rich people like making problems for themselves lol. The witty writing had me laughing out loud at some points and made for much needed comic relief.

My biggest issue with this book was it really did not need to be this long. Miss. Olivie used every single word in the dictionary Blake. I also still do not understand how some people just randomly have magic. I thought that the three Wren children and Lou had magic because of Lou's grandmothers but then we had Yves, who was not involved in their childhood at all, randomly had magic too. I know the magic wasn't the whole point of the story but I was still left with wanting a little more regarding that.