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These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi

10 reviews

passionatereader78's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

The king is dead. The man who killed him has kidnapped Alizeh. Kamran quickly realizes how much his grandfather protected him. Ready or not it's his turn to reign. Unfortunately, he has no idea who he can trust. Alizeh is shocked when Cyrus announces that he has been ordered to marry her by the devil. Everyone wants Alizeh to agree and become the queen Everyone has been waiting for. This was a great read. I enjoyed both story lines.

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manaledi's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

This book suffered from classic middle of a trilogy syndrome in setting up the drama to come. I didn't remember much of book one, so some of the context and stress points were missing. As usual, I'm unconvinced by the burgeoning love triangle, but I understand it as a plot point.

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ruby_12's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was pretty good for a sequel. The world building of tulan was at a degree and the aftermath of the events in the first was written well at a moderate pace. The change in character mindsets and personality was properly justified and relevant to the ongoing story. The plot twists and revelations were actually done great. It was unpredictable and rightfully changed the course of the story.

The platonic relationships and the romance was when the author peeked. The povs of the characters during this, the dialouge was all written so beautifully. The backstories and the pasts were well thought out. The last few chapters set a good plot for the next book and leaves the reader thinking of all possibilities to the next story.

Overall, this was a good sequel. I’ve only given it this rating because it’s a sequel and the remaining story is still left. This book deserves praise but there’s a lot more the reader is yet to see, and that’s reserved for the third book.
This current book was one of the author’s better works. It goes to show how the story matters more than the length. I hope we get to see more of this in the next book.

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sydapel's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

Look, I really like the premise of this series and think its very compelling overall. But nothing really all that important happens in this book - it's used entirely as a set up for the third book and after the slow plot in the first installment, my patience has worn out. I guess it remains to be seen if I'm wrong, but I was very frustrating by how there's entirely no action taken here, the characters are at basically the same place as before with minimal character development, if any at all.

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braveprincess11's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad tense 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

5.0

She’d risen up from dust, come to life on a breeze, and left a trail of perfumed flowers in her wake as she ushered in the fall of a king who’d ruled the greatest empire on earth for nearly a century. The true wonder was how she’d done it. Without lifting a finger— without even raising her voice—
She’d simply stood tall, and his world had collapsed.

Once again, Tahereh Mafi has managed to create a vivid, beautiful picture with the most elegant, lyrical prose. The entire book takes place in a single day, but the way that she writes, you find yourself constantly forgetting that so little time is passing, and that so little time has passed since the end of This Woven Kingdom.

Cyrus and Alizeh manage to develop their relationship, and Cyrus showcase his humanity, in a way that is simultaneously fantastical and entirely realistic. Despite the book taking place in less than 24 hours, the growth of their relationship and tentative trust in one another and themselves grows so gradually and fully that it wrenched my heart right from my chest. The language Mafi uses when Cyrus is expressing his fondness for Alizeh — it manages to be subtle and lyrical and sensual, while also just being absolutely gorgeous writing. Their grip on lyrical prose will never cease to amaze me.

Mafi’s choice to have Alizeh step out from behind the door to face Cyrus’s mother, and then have the chapter end and cut to Kamran in the tower… I don’t think I will ever recover from that. And the deliberate parallel between Alizeh falling from the dragon’s back at the end of This Woven Kingdom and this book ending with Kamran, Hazan and their ragtag group of rescuers ascending into the sky on the backs of Simorgh and her children… some of the most beautiful writing that I’ve encountered this year, if not ever.

I’m already waiting with bated breath, on pins & needles for the release of All This Twisted Glory in February

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bookedandbusy's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

Such an incredible sequel! Can’t wait to read the next book! It picks up right where the first left off!!

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sam_wal's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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cc0906's review

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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soniajoy98's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

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sydneyluxford's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

Tahereh Mafi just does it for me every time. I don’t think I can wait until next year for the final book.

ALIZEHCYRUS ENDGAME IDC. At first, I was like “Nooo, I hate Cyrus. Give me Kamran, I love Kamran” but then, after finishing, I was like “Wait…who’s Kamran???” (Still love him though). I do like Alizeh and Cyrus better together because I felt like they had more of a connection. Kamran, I felt, only wanted to be with her because she’d make a good queen, but Cyrus wants to be with her because she’s her. If that makes sense. I’ve actually never seen a man on his knees for a woman like this in my life, and I am absolutely living for it.

Tahereh Mafi always seems to make me fall for murders… It’s really bad… I also don’t know how she’s made me fall for a blond and now and ginger man. It’s like her specialty.

This is by far the best sequel I have ever read. Usually, sequels don’t live up to my expectations, but this one exceeded them.

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