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Þernan by Nita Prose

129 reviews

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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funny lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

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emotional mysterious fast-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

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Loveable characters: Yes

I’m surprised by the average reviews as I loved this book. Prose’s ability to both allow one to really understand Molly’s feelings and logic while also showing how others tend to interpret her behaviour was done in a way that made me angry for Molly. Cried a lot, highly recommend. 

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DID NOT FINISH: 28%

Description of lead characters neurodivergence is inconsistent and, at times, problematic.

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

An easy, cozy mystery. Molly was likeable enough as a protagonist although a lot of her interactions, worldviews bordered very closely on infantilising. The characters are pretty flat, what you see is what you get and I won’t say I was necessarily surprised at their choices/parts in the narrative. The best part was the relationship between Molly and her grandmother and its revelation throughout the story. It was very tender, wholesome, and bittersweet.

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mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is a rough one to review because honestly I quite liked this if it had a different main character. I could not stand Molly. She read like such a charicature of a neuro-divergent person rather than like an actual human being. On top of that she is very principled, and expects every other person in the universe to act to her moral standings except her. The amount of times she calls someone a bad person for doing something she just did herself was so incredibly frustrating. On top of that she had a tendency to go into situations with a certain way of how she thinks things should go or be, and then twists everything that happens to fit her delusional ideas instead of actually adjusting to what is really happening. The author excuses that by saying she just 'doesn't always understand what's going on' but in reality it just read like just lives in delusions and refuses to live in reality. Again, this made for such an incredibly frustrating read.
The first half or so of this book had absolutely nothing happening in it. Molly was also very solitary, and therefore it was basically just her rambling in her inner monologue. It was absolutely EXHAUSTING, and I dragged my feet over reading it. However, in the second half the mystery plot kicks in much more, and we get a much larger cast of side characters. I thought the mystery was quite interesting. I also liked the way things went down. My only complaint was that I found the final reveal incredibly stupid. I also really loved the cast of side characters. They added some much needed life to this book, and I did enjoy my time reading this book much more. Molly also goes through some growth in that second half, and weirdly enough I am actually quite excited to read the sequel because of all that.

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emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A refreshingly different kind of heroine who didn't find out the truth because she was witty, but because she had friends who she could trust.

Surprisingly wholesome for a murder mystery with a bullied mc, I look forward to listening to the next story about Molly the Maid.

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mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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