Reviews

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

skye_line709's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

itsallirs's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

To be honest I nearly dropped this book at the beginning. The elite style rich private school drama was just not what I was expecting (perhaps i should have looked into it more prior lol). But once I got into it I needed to finish it, no matter how many times i had to put it down for a few days due to certain scenes within the book. Advise sensitive readers to check content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Toxic friendship

pedangelo's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

baudleaires's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

mnm1015's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

adrii_49's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

tonid013's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.5

merireadstuff's review

5.0

HELP at the start i was feeling lukewarm about this but then here i am three days later having devoured the last 300 pages in one sitting

pw2stock's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

tatyanavogt's review against another edition

4.0

So this was SOMETHING else. I did NOT like this book all that much for the first 50% of it. It was boring, I didn't like the characters, I didn't care what happened to them and I didn't care to figure out who this ace guy was. BUT around the 50% mark I started to care about the characters little by little and 69% in I cared. BUT I was not sure about the direction the book was going. Part of me didn't want it to go the direction it did. I felt conflicted. So I had to step back.

When I returned, I was ready for the direction it was going and found myself enjoying the book. Even loving the ending. I did listen to the audio book for most of it and I really appreciated hearing the authors reasoning behind the book. I wish this "far fetched, crazy story" wasn't something I wouldn't be surprised about if I found out was happening to someone in the real world. (which says a lot about the world we live in).

It made me upset, it got me thinking, and gave me lots of feels.