Reviews

Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek

persychan's review against another edition

emotional sad

5.0

Questo è un libro da 5 stelle a vibe, se ci penso troppo posso pensare a vari difetti, a problemi di pacing e ad ambiti che andavano approfonditi, ma allo stesso tempo c'è molto poco che vorrei cambiare.

Nomignoli un po' eccessivi a parte, ho amato tutto dal concept, alla storia d'amore alla prosa. Probabilmente il mio romantasy preferito dell'anno.

weathrwax's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

emmyella's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.75

asecretplant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.5

A very beautifully written book. Great plot, well executed, incredible characters!

tthe_cancerian's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I actually found a lot of grammatical and syntactical errors. hated the characters and the romance was underwhelming.  writing was not good either. heavily borrowed from howl moving castle. 

bellareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

julischreads's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

carolagaram's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

caitastrophe457's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.25

crystallynnreads's review against another edition

3.0

This book was an unfortunate letdown. It's marketed as being a Howl's Moving Castle meets Polish folklore, and you definitely get the Polish folklore, which I enjoyed a lot, but I did not get the chemistry that I was hoping for from the FMC and MMC. The characters are well-written and individually I do like the FMC and MMC, but together it fell a little flat for me. Although I did not like this book as much I hoped I would, it does not mean that you won't. I think that if I had lower expectations for the romance aspect of this book that I would have enjoyed it more.