4.04 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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: No

Really unique, a bit difficult to follow until the pieces started coming together halfway through. Looking forward to analysing it more as I’m sure I missed some links! Loved it
adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

started out so strong but i got less and less invested in the characters and the story as i was reading... so sad because i went into it so excited
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DID NOT FINISH: 15%

Not in the mood. Will reread later
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I. Can’t. Decide. How. To. Feel. I have decided that means the writing is good. It’s really hard to nail down what the magic even is. It’s really cool but idk what the rules are. Also idk what the motivations are of the characters for most of it. The world is really beautiful. 
emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
mysterious

This book felt magical! I really enjoyed the writing

I couldn't put this book down--evocative description, intriguing concept, twisting and turning plot. While many of the characters were somewhat 2-dimensional, for me it added to the mystery of it all (the exceptions were the well-drawn characters of Bailey and Thiessen, perhaps stand-ins for the reader??). The ending while not predictable was neat, but I was okay with that. But I was left with some questions: one of them is "does Bailey's email work?"