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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was given to me in exchange for the honest review. I am very grateful for this opportunity.
“But what is safe? Tombs are safe. Merilance was safe. Safe does not mean happy, does not mean well, does not mean kind.”
Gallant is a fast paced story with a great main character who changed and evolved had me from the first chapter until the last one. I couldn't let it go. The story has no slow moment. The story had no plot hole. It flows like a river at some parts it feels almost lyrical and abstract like a steam above your pot, but then other parts are solid full of colour and shape. This books felt like being stuck in between the real world and dreaming. Which based on the actual story was the best feeling ever.
It is the first book by Schwab I read. I heard so many good things about her and her writing I was worried that I will have my expectations too high. The opposite is true. Victoria's writing style is superb. A true artist that can make you drown in the emotions of the each individual scene. I love who Victoria works with very little characters, this makes her use their potential to the fullest and the focus of the reader is directed to other aspects of the book. Brilliantly done.
I enjoyed the setting of the story; the dark academia feel, gothic old manor, a family secrets and just the right amount of darkness made this book perfect entertaining read. These are elements I enjoy in the story so this book felt like made for me.
I would recommend to get a physical copy of the book because the story includes several illustration which must have different impact on the reader when are on paper.
The brilliant combination of Rebecca, Crimson Peak and Silent Hill. If you enjoyed The Ocean at the end of the Lane, you will love this one too.
“But what is safe? Tombs are safe. Merilance was safe. Safe does not mean happy, does not mean well, does not mean kind.”
Gallant is a fast paced story with a great main character who changed and evolved had me from the first chapter until the last one. I couldn't let it go. The story has no slow moment. The story had no plot hole. It flows like a river at some parts it feels almost lyrical and abstract like a steam above your pot, but then other parts are solid full of colour and shape. This books felt like being stuck in between the real world and dreaming. Which based on the actual story was the best feeling ever.
It is the first book by Schwab I read. I heard so many good things about her and her writing I was worried that I will have my expectations too high. The opposite is true. Victoria's writing style is superb. A true artist that can make you drown in the emotions of the each individual scene. I love who Victoria works with very little characters, this makes her use their potential to the fullest and the focus of the reader is directed to other aspects of the book. Brilliantly done.
I enjoyed the setting of the story; the dark academia feel, gothic old manor, a family secrets and just the right amount of darkness made this book perfect entertaining read. These are elements I enjoy in the story so this book felt like made for me.
I would recommend to get a physical copy of the book because the story includes several illustration which must have different impact on the reader when are on paper.
The brilliant combination of Rebecca, Crimson Peak and Silent Hill. If you enjoyed The Ocean at the end of the Lane, you will love this one too.
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I honestly don’t know how I feel. I loved the story. But I feel like I needed something more in the end. I am left wanting. Nonetheless, that’s the beauty of it. It leaves room for our own imagination and assumptions and it’s not tied up with a nice and neat bow. Loved it!!
Great spooky story but I wish it was a little longer and had more.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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:
No
The first horror I’ve read written specifically for a YA audience I was suprised how much I loved this novel and its creativity despite the limits in place of how hard the horror could go due to its target audience.
We follow Olivia, who is a mute orphan, but thinking she doesn’t belong is something she will soon be proven wrong about as she receives a mysterious letter from gallant. The gallant manor holds a prior legacy of trauma in the family and an eerie presence of death. Having grown up surrounded by shadows Olivia has grown to accept it so when she sees something new she is more curious than concerned.
I truly enjoyed the sign language representation throughout this, as it’s the first time I’ve ever seen this in a book and it was effortlessly incorporated, reflective of how normalised it should be in society as a means of communication for accessibility.
All Olivia holds of her heritage prior to her presence in Gallant is her mother’s journal, full of writing and drawings waiting to be understood for what they are. These drawings hold secrets and the journals become central to the narrative in a way I couldn’t have predicted.Ultimately, the priors have a haunting heritage and a stench of death that tails them, but it makes for a phenomenal story and was a great place to start with Victorias work and with its standalone presence.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Murder