156 reviews for:

Year of the Griffin

Diana Wynne Jones

4.04 AVERAGE

raadelma's review against another edition

3.0

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Still my favorite extremely chaotic magical school story.

doora's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amylewsmiles's review against another edition

5.0

funny lighthearted 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: Yes

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Read this after The Dark Lord of Derkholm and I loved it even more than that first book. It's got the "wizard school vibe" to it, but like, if that school is severely underfunded and lead poorly. 
There are so many funny details that just make this book altogether silly and charming and makes me wish I could keep reading it forever. Highly recommend if you need a lighter fantasy read for a while.

gillothen's review against another edition

4.0

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Wonderful re-read. Superb satire of university life with added griffins.

itabar's review against another edition

4.0

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This was a lot of fun, better than Derkholm1.

catsandteabooks's review against another edition

4.5

funny 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

malinda_nevitt's review against another edition

5.0

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I don't know how Jones can even think up these stories! Year of the Griffin is yet another great story!

possibilityleft's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pjrusen's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dryad23's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes