The Guardian of Surfaces by Bothayna Al-Essa

4.05 AVERAGE

leslie_r_k's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous dark funny reflective fast-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: Yes

estar22's review against another edition

4.5
challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amyrblack's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

juliamckenna's review against another edition

3.75
dark mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

michelledances's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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erinbattenfield's review against another edition

4.5
challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
The ending did shock me, not my favorite ending but sometimes those are the best endings- the ones you don’t like 
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bamtam's review against another edition

4.75
challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
phenomenal
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smalefowles's review against another edition

4.0
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
a contemporary rewrite of Fahrenheit 451 with a bit more of an absurdist bent. adds a little, repeats quite a bit. if you didn’t like F451 for some reason, this is a good dupe.

ericaaronpeters's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

delenebeau's review against another edition

3.25
A lot of fun to read, reminded me of like a more classical dystopia with a  more contemporary context. Really cool!