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nixonice's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Child death
azrah786's review against another edition
4.25
**I was provided with an ARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**
CW: violence, blood, murder, death, abandonment, addiction, emotional abuse, toxic relationship, kidnapping /confinement, infidelity
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In terms of overall vibes I think this may be my favourite Olivie Blake book to date.
There is just something about supernatural and immortal creature being thrown into the modern day world that I enjoy a lot and there were some great characters in this book and their dynamics with one another were so fun!! I’m not alone in seeing the Good Omens vibes here and I was hooked all the way through, speeding through the book in the space of a weekend.
Down to the bare bones the book is about a bunch of characters who are thrown together to rescue Death but there are also a lot of moving pieces behind the mystery at the heart of the story.
Blake’s storytelling made the world (though it is pretty much just an AU of our world) feel so lived in with these creatures and beings just going about their lives. The writing just makes you feel so deeply for them and their conundrums particularly when it came to relationships, I was very much invested with all of the pairings in this one.
The only real issue that I had were how sometimes the writing style switched up, changing from a more regular third person account to script like dialogue without any warning. I think it disrupted the flow of the story for me and threw me off a little at times especially when these script-esque segments dragged on for a bit too long..
However, I really enjoyed watching the individual arcs of the characters unfold and they all came together in such a satisfying way. All in all a very entertaining read.
Final Rating - 4.25/5 Stars
CW: violence, blood, murder, death, abandonment, addiction, emotional abuse, toxic relationship, kidnapping /confinement, infidelity
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In terms of overall vibes I think this may be my favourite Olivie Blake book to date.
There is just something about supernatural and immortal creature being thrown into the modern day world that I enjoy a lot and there were some great characters in this book and their dynamics with one another were so fun!! I’m not alone in seeing the Good Omens vibes here and I was hooked all the way through, speeding through the book in the space of a weekend.
Down to the bare bones the book is about a bunch of characters who are thrown together to rescue Death but there are also a lot of moving pieces behind the mystery at the heart of the story.
Blake’s storytelling made the world (though it is pretty much just an AU of our world) feel so lived in with these creatures and beings just going about their lives. The writing just makes you feel so deeply for them and their conundrums particularly when it came to relationships, I was very much invested with all of the pairings in this one.
The only real issue that I had were how sometimes the writing style switched up, changing from a more regular third person account to script like dialogue without any warning. I think it disrupted the flow of the story for me and threw me off a little at times especially when these script-esque segments dragged on for a bit too long..
However, I really enjoyed watching the individual arcs of the characters unfold and they all came together in such a satisfying way. All in all a very entertaining read.
Final Rating - 4.25/5 Stars
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Death, Murder, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Infidelity
amelianotthepilot's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
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
4.5
The concept of Olivie’s books are so interesting. However this book, although really interesting, lacks something that I cant quite put my finger on.
The plot yet again follows a whole cast of characters with no real main character. Olivie really delves into each character and fully gives them their own stories jumping between their side thoughts and plots and tying them to the main plot. The “main character” is Fox the adopted son/‘godson’ of Death. The other semi main character is Vi, a previous human who is recently turned a vampire and now is a real estate agent currently struggling to sell a house with ghost. After a series of events Vi, Fox, and an assortment of characters make their way to The Game. ‘The Game’ is a gamboling game played amongst immortals and death to risk everything to gain everything.
The Game is where the plot started to fall apart for me. There were a lot of great quotes and thoughts on death and life and mortals vs immortals. But The Game was sorta vaguely described and the stakes not fully explored. It was too vague and too important but resolved quite quickly.
Yet again I find the pacing of olivie’s books a little odd. It jumps quite quickly between conversations and abandons action in favor of slowly drawing other things out. I think they would honestly work better as movies.
The plot yet again follows a whole cast of characters with no real main character. Olivie really delves into each character and fully gives them their own stories jumping between their side thoughts and plots and tying them to the main plot. The “main character” is Fox the adopted son/‘godson’ of Death. The other semi main character is Vi, a previous human who is recently turned a vampire and now is a real estate agent currently struggling to sell a house with ghost. After a series of events Vi, Fox, and an assortment of characters make their way to The Game. ‘The Game’ is a gamboling game played amongst immortals and death to risk everything to gain everything.
The Game is where the plot started to fall apart for me. There were a lot of great quotes and thoughts on death and life and mortals vs immortals. But The Game was sorta vaguely described and the stakes not fully explored. It was too vague and too important but resolved quite quickly.
Yet again I find the pacing of olivie’s books a little odd. It jumps quite quickly between conversations and abandons action in favor of slowly drawing other things out. I think they would honestly work better as movies.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, and Murder
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