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J’avais un peu peur de rentrer dans ce livre autant au niveau du personnage cliché froid/asocial et de l’univers trop folklorique pour moi, mais au final ça m’a bien plu! J’ai beaucoup aimé le village et ses habitants, et l’histoire était intéressante et sérieuse tout en ayant certains moments plus léger qui rendaient le livre très plaisant à lire. Ce qui m’a le plus plu, c’est l’esthétique du livre, autant au niveau de la couverture que de l’écriture qui permettait de tout imaginer dans un univers vraiment féerique. Au final, j’ai beaucoup aimé les dynamiques entre les personnes, mais j’avoue que certains passages étaient comme je l’avais redoute : trop folklorique pour moi. En somme, bonne surprise et bonne lecture

sterregeertsema's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? No

4.5

mattirubin's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

verosaenz's review against another edition

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3.0

Creo que es muy buen libro y mi error fue leerlo en audiolibro en vez de en digital, pero es muy cute.

eeva's review against another edition

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5.0

It was so refreshing reading about a character with some decent common sense, and the author not making them do stupid things just to move the plot forward.

Like, at the start, when she dips her hand in a spring and thinks about bathing in it, but writes, "Yet it was dismissed quickly; I was not about to go frolicking about an unfamiliar country in a state of undress." And then when she chops her own finger off to break the king's enchantment? Okay, that last one isn't really common sense but it was still hard-core.

Emily and Wendell's interactions were so good. Their witty banter but the way they trust each other so much?

Like, when Emily says she'll help Wendell find a back door to his realm and, when he's confused as to why she would help him, she asks if he knows anybody else with as much an understanding of the Folk as she does, and he says no.

And then! And then Emily knows that Wendell's part of the Folk even though he couldn't tell her, and then Wendell knew Emily was under an enchantment even though she couldn't tell him! The parallels.

Really loved the section where Wendell took over writing in Emily's journal, and he wrote, "I shook you awake, and you said, 'Wendell!' in a way that I quite liked, nothing at all like your usual tone."

mrsadler's review against another edition

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Was too slow for me right now, hoping to revisit in the future

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