Reviews - The Ragpicker King

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The Ragpicker King

Cassandra Clare

4.39 AVERAGE

tranquilitycase's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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

sn00pyk1d's review against another edition

4.0

emotional tense medium-paced

A very intriguing series with lots of twists, interesting characters, magic, tragic romance, friendship, and unexpected backstabbing. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

yeimyaileen's review against another edition

4.75

this was really good and was the perfect vacation read. the plot is strong and the relationships between characters are good. my one gripe is as follows!:

i think i looked at lin narration as moments where she can go see conor instead of development for herself? which is a bit different from book 1. anyway now that she will be

leaving castellane

maybe her development will pick up. unless CC makes her consider a relationship with the other guy….

always_reading_ashley's review against another edition

4.25

I thought this was just slightly better than the first. Still on the slower side, but the end picked up. The ending packed a massive punch and left me reeling; I honestly didn't see it coming. Major cliffhanger. I loved the tension and yearning between Connor and Lin. I'm definitely curious to see how everything will turn out.

voicetrocity's review against another edition

4.0

HOW WAS THIS SEQUEL SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE FIRST IN THIS SERIES?!

Clare will RIP your heart out, wrap it up with a beautiful, silken bow and present it to you with a tag that says
"DO NOT OPEN UNTIL BOOK 3"

UGH!

angeorama's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious slow-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: Yes

Slow start but worth it in the end. Love the charactera.

sydneyglander5's review

4.0

for the most part, this book was a 4 star.

I mean it goes without saying that her characters and plot lines are incredible while still maintaining a uniqueness to them. It's honestly so refreshing to see something so new in the fantasy world, especially with the surge booktok has on many of the popular reads in the genre today. I did really like how she progressed both of the romance subplots throughout this book. She definitely takes the slower approach, which may not be for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed both of them. It was pretty predictable of her to add a cliffhanger onto this book, since it's known that she is going to make a third, but I'm not totally sold on how this one ended. I think it was just ok, is all.
It very obviously took me more than a month to get through this book, and I will say that it has to down to the pace of the storyline being pretty slow at some points. Although overall it was enjoyable, I struggled getting into it at first. That usually is true for the first book to a fantasy series, not the second. I don't hold any hate for it in that regard, but it is something to point out.

Overall, I very good read, and solid addition to this storyline. I'm excited to see how Clare continues this series in the third!