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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Yes
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
DNF at 20%. Dry and humorous and I can see where the “horror” might come in (I’d hope it’d be unexpected) but I’m not into it yet
adventurous
informative
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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Holy shit! I absolutely love this book! the Victorian gothicness. the queerness. the botany. the monster fucking. I feel like this book was made for me.
One small thing.... and I appreciate I am a sucker for a happy ending usually... but I would've liked more tragedy. I know what a shocker, me wanting more tragedy. I just feel like Gregor deserves a tragic death after everything he's done.
I completely demolished this book! I'm genuinely enjoying reading again and it's making me so happy!
I completely demolished this book! I'm genuinely enjoying reading again and it's making me so happy!
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
While I enjoyed a lot of aspects of this book, I think what dragged it down for me was ironically enough Simon and Gregor. Specifically their character motivations, and particularly the way the pair seemed to trade motivations as the book went on. Simon in particular felt confused towards the last third of the book, but that may have also just been me, and my decision to read the book via both a physical copy and audio. I also think calling this a “horror” to me personally feels like a bit of a stretch. I don’t think including murder automatically makes a book a horror, and I think it was a lot more emotional and romantic at times than a typical horror tends to be.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
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:
Yes