Reviews

The Night Country: A Hazel Wood Novel by Melissa Albert

alisa_starkova's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

michireading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

burritobug's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

kennedha's review

I need to re-read the first book and then start this one again. 

rynflynn12's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

mmajer's review

4.0

3.5/5

coco6356's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Child death and Death

melski360's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

angelica_ap's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

crimeofpoisson's review

4.0

[I recieved this book as part of a giveaway. I was super excited because 1. I won! + 2. I loved the first installment.]

The Night Country lacked the intriguing magic of The Hazel Wood. Fascinating in bits. Kept my attention but was peppered a tad heavily with groanworthy, trite moments and flashing pop culture references that took away any timelessness the story otherwise might have had (in that Wink at the Camera sort of way). Reveals were a bit....obvious and overtly set up, negating any chance of illiciting a gasp from me in what could have been wonderfully surprising moments. 3.5☆

6 September 2021
Relistened to the pair of books this week. Enjoyed The Night Country much more the second time. Picked up in so much in both books I hasn’t the first time through. Very enjoyable. 4 stars.