Reviews - Master of Poisons

243 reviews for:

Master of Poisons

Andrea Hairston

3.39 AVERAGE

ferrumage's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 30%

Too much rape, narrative style too lush generally. Felt like drowning in atmosphere.

hp_bookcraft's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

sassenachthebookwizard's review against another edition

4.0

RTC

eslsilver's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

reannual_plants's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

argentrabe's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

em_reads_books's review against another edition

3.25

challenging inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I'm glad I came across <a href="https://locusmag.com/2020/12/katharine-coldiron-reviews-master-of-poisons-by-andrea-hairston/">this review</a>, because it echoes my thoughts perfectly (and validates my experience of thinking maybe I missed some explanations at the beginning). It's an incredible story with many breathtaking moments. And it was also exhausting to read and keep up with; it kept feeling like maaaaybe the next chapter will pause to clarify some things and let the reader collect their thoughts but that never happened.

Content Warnings

jessmage's review against another edition

4.0

This is an incredibly fast-paced book; there were definitely times where I had to pause and go back through the list of characters helpfully provided at the front to remember who was who and what parts of the story they were involved in. I think to fully enjoy this one you would need to either have a near-photographic memory for detail or, (like me!), be willing to accept that you're never going to 100% understand what's going on, and just enjoy the story for the beautiful and compelling tale it is.

bethannereadsbooks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

christycorr's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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