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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
Liked the way Blake wrote the unreliable narrator in this book.
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I almost want to go with 4 stars, but we’re rounding down from 3.5 instead. Olivie Blake is really good at characters. They can be formidable and vulnerable, independent and needy, all at the same time and we get very side of them. She’s not as good at themes, and themes are important to me. This book easily could have just been set at a tech company with a few actual witches messing around. The biomancy thing didn’t add much to the characters or the world. So I’m a bit confused and I think the book is too, and that means it can’t get much more than 3 stars from me. But I LOVED the character work and there is a 5 star book somewhere in here, it’s just not the book we got.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-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
emotional
funny
mysterious
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
huzzah, an olivie blake book i feel i can recommend! i really enjoyed the characters in this story, and i felt like the reflections on capitalism, "merit", and family were very well executed. also this book is just really funny and FUN. the magic system felt a little unexplained but it was more a thematic means to an end than anything so whatever
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The concept of the book was pretty cool and the style was interesting but Olivie Blake’s writing is so pretentious it had me rolling my eyes quite a bit. I feel like it was a bit too long.
I thought it was pretty good overall though!
I thought it was pretty good overall though!