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O Rei de Palha by K. Ancrum

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jenhurst's review against another edition

4.0

This wasn’t what I was expecting. I’m not sure what it was exactly what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this. It was weird and had you questioning what was real or what wasn’t real. I loved the fast chapters and important on friendships.

emster52's review against another edition

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2.5

I hyped this book up to much in my mind…and I didn’t love this as much as I thought I would. 😫
Another reviewer said this is a watered down version of These Violent Delights and I very much agree.
The physical book itself was probably my favorite thing. The mixed media parts and the way the pages slowly turned black was amazing.
The two main characters were fine and I wished I loved them more. 🙁
(I honestly wish there was more on their co-dependency 😅, if you’re going to use that then please go all in)
Didn’t really care for any of the side characters, the twins were pretty cool though!
And the ending was…nice?

braveprincess11's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I still don’t understand how much of the plot actually happened to the boys & how much was a hallucination…

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amandaskye's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

thepetitepunk's review against another edition

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3.0

Super mixed feelings on this one. I loved the second half of the book, but the first half was a bit too confusing for my taste. I do think that was intentional on the author's part, but I just felt so lost for such a large portion of the book that I kept feeling my attention slipping. But towards the end, things really picked up and were explained. I do think most things I was confused about made sense by then end and I appreciated the complexity, but if I hadn't listened to this in audiobook format, I might not have pushed through to the second half.

noragrace89's review against another edition

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5.0

The book talks about mental illness and neglect, and how neglecting those guys affected their decisions and the way they live their lives and the codependent relationship between August and Jack.
They never understood their feeling towards each other and that caused them a lot of pain.

It all started when jack saw colorful jellyfish floating in the sky, from his classroom window, and it gets darker and more harmful when he gets no help in a timely manner.

Deep down I can’t blame August’s mother for neglecting him, because I understand what it feels like to be too depressed to function.

Ancrum is a very smart and unique story teller that made me feel for the characters, I have no idea how she managed to do so and I can’t stop thinking about it even after 4 days.
It’s one of those books that I feel so jealous that I’m not the one who wrote.
One of my all time favorites

vtlism's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Good take on teen friendships, codependency. I always enjoy a long mental hospital stay via books such as this.

fairiesdust's review

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adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bilepie's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

loved the premise, the nuanced relationship between the characters, and the psychological aspect. i just wish it were longer??? or that we got to see certain things developed more

mothling's review against another edition

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2.25

this is one that i heard good things about around when it released and then "never got around to it" and oops maybe it should have stayed that way...

honestly the whole book(and especially the characters) was just really annoying and borderline icky... (kinda romanticizing toxic co-dependent relationships imo) - maybe i just didn't "get it", but yeah it's an overall no from me

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