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These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi

6 reviews

manaledi's review against another edition

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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lawbooks600's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

Representation: Asian characters
Score: Seven points out of ten.

Before I begin, I must say something: the third book is next year? It better be good. Now then, it's been months since I read the first instalment, This Woven Kingdom, and I loved it so much, so I went into this one with high expectations. Honestly, I thought the second part of the series was a minor downgrade, and the first one is better. It starts (or rather continues) with the main character, Alizeh Huda, or Alizeh for short, and the book picks up right off from This Woven Kingdom with an action-packed beginning from the previous ending. The book slowed its pace from here, but that allowed me to explore the character dynamics with Alizeh, Cyrus and Kamran, and the multiple POVs also helped. Alizeh further develops a romantic relationship with Cyrus, which spans throughout most of the narrative, which left nothing much else happening. If it weren't for the romance, I would've given this three stars instead of four. Still, I hope the third book would be an improvement over the second, or even as good or better than the first novel.

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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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