Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.5 rounding down for the whole will they won't they projection of perfect boyfriend thing.. I mean, that aside it was a short fun read. The pre ending stuff was great, the actual ending was slightly too neat. To be honest it's a perfectly good coming of age novel so add a star if you're up for that. I felt like the pacing was a bit off, too breathtaking but also weirdly hollow, like the places were little more than the mission impossible style place names.
That sounds harsher than I meant to make it sound. The main characters are deftly portrayed and there's a lot of good character growth. I may not read this again but it's interesting and the Mayan aspect is nice so... Rounding up to 4. If you ignore the whole forcefully projecting / kinda hypnotically enslaving someone good looking cuz, why not.
That sounds harsher than I meant to make it sound. The main characters are deftly portrayed and there's a lot of good character growth. I may not read this again but it's interesting and the Mayan aspect is nice so... Rounding up to 4. If you ignore the whole forcefully projecting / kinda hypnotically enslaving someone good looking cuz, why not.
4.5 I wasn't super into this book for most of it but it is actually a really good book! I think it just wasn't the right moment to read it for me because I was coming off the poppy war which is so intense and dark and full of very cruel and bad characters that I still loved. Gods of jade and shadow is very much a traditional fairytale style story with the morals and tropes there which I think I just wasn't super in the mood for but it was super well done! I especially loved how the author described the zeitgeist and history of each different Mexican city they were in, I really thought she did a great job capturing the time period and building a really rich sense of place and culture. Took me a while to get into but I really honestly loved the ending and while I might not have super been in the mood for it, I ended up really enjoying it!
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
One of my favorite books so far this year
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book was okay. I had bought it a couple of years ago for my book server’s book club but didn’t read it at the time. I decided to read it for my server’s book bingo this year and I’m sad to say I wasn’t that impressed. I really like the premise of this book. I don’t know a lot about Mexican mythology and folklore, so I was excited to dive in. However, the book just fell flat a lot of the time. It felt longer than it needed to be when it’s already under 400 pages. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this book to others.
adventurous
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:
Yes