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Rose in Chains

Julie Soto

4.21 AVERAGE

staciesbooks's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 34%

Writing style didn't grab me.
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book set back Feminism by about 50 years…

It's just 640 pages of Stockholm Syndrome. End my suffering now, I am begging you -_-
It's very obvious this used to be a fanfiction. In the worst way possible. It reads like one of those terrible stereotypical wattpad stories. Listen, I love me a good fanfiction (emphasis on GOOD), but this trend of  professionally publishing them is the downfall of literature. I blame TikTok. And please, for the love of everything, if you must publish your fanfic to capitalize off of it, at least bother with changing the main characters name to something more creative than from "Hermione" to "Briony". And at least don't make all the characters look the exact same - From the cover art alone you can tell those two used to be Draco and Hermione. Like, get a bit creative, at least. This was honestly one of the worst things I've read in a while.

Sadly, I was entertained and could not put it down, hence why I'm giving it at least 1.5 stars. I know, I'm disappointed in myself too.
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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
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5.0
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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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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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-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 emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes