4.14k reviews for:

A Lesson in Vengeance

Victoria Lee

3.59 AVERAGE

sanell_linden's review

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

stetzenmeyer06's review

2.0

challenging dark tense 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: Yes

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The beginning of the book was a little confusing and misleading. You would think you would be reading a book about witches or a school like Hogwarts and it slowly turns into something that it is not.

rion_'s review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 30%

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hhhh me aburrió mucho y los personajes no lograron importarme :S

tasha_sy's review

2.0

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dnf
why does this book feel like i started reading an 8-part series on the 7th one??? waaaayyyy too hard to follow

maya_sears's review

2.75

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nadiarausa's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

allisongm's review

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ariw's review

2.0

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Tempted to one-star this, but I think it had just enough going for it to lift it that little bit above... maybe. I thought I would love this one, but instead the whole thing just felt utterly on the nose, with characters that were just.... irritating (unlikeable is fine in this kind of book, but they weren't really interesting enough for that) and my least favourite trope of all, the whole

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we're pretending there's magic but really there isn't any magic and the main character is just off her meds — which felt particularly grating because of how completely intentional it all felt (the mc is literally writing a "thesis" on conflations of witchcraft and mental illness in literature). Found myself rolling my eyes frequently, and having to turn back entire pages as I'd accidentally skimmed without paying attention (only to find I hadn't missed much). Yeah, this one just wasn't for me unfortunately.

melissajlh02's review

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

fayeobrien03's review

4.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes