Reviews

In These Hallowed Halls by Marie O'Regan, Paul Kane

felowpeoples's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

Some of the stories were fun, but overall they just weren't good. They were either too short or too weird, and some just made no sense at all. Maybe I just don't like dark academia, but this book wasn't worth any of my time.

loop_laurens's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

goodbooksxoxo's review against another edition

4.0

Fobos ❤️

mareliweb1's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

A great collection of short stories from various authors. 

kaulhilo's review against another edition

3.0

only read olivie’s and ml rio’s - the stories were fun, if a little undeveloped. i would’ve liked it much better if they’d been longer and had provided some structural clarity, but eitherway, they were pretty solid character studies, especially for this length. olivie’s in particular felt so much more distinctive, and was such a remarkable read. (3/5)

jenmiles925's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

Really struggled to get into this book. Normally this would be right up my alley but I found the stories unappealing. The only one I liked was the one the collection draws its name from. 

ellie_pan's review against another edition

4.0

My rating for every story:
1000 Ships 3\5
Pythia 4/5 (first time liking something from Olivie Blake)
Sabbatical 2/5
The Hare and the Hound 5/5
X House 4/5
The Ravages 4/5
Four Funerals 3/5
The Unknowable Pleasures 4/5
Weekend at Berties 5/5 (bought this because of M.L. Rio, would read her shopping lists tbh)
The Professor of Ontography 5/5
Phobos 4/5
Playing 3/5
That make an average rating of 3.8, I rounded up to a 4 star.

armband1234's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

vvarieee's review against another edition

3.0

- 1000 ships | ⭐️⭐️⭐️
it’s aight. felt more like and ad tho

- pythia | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
anti-scientific sci-fi with mystical elements kinda cool

- sabbatical | ⭐️
girl wtf

- the hare and the hound | ⭐️⭐️
that’s not dark academia and it also makes no sense

- x house | ⭐️⭐️⭐️
meh

- the ravages | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*laughs maniacally*

- four funerals | ⭐️⭐️⭐️

- the unknowable pleasures | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
a cool commentary on s******* culture, loved it

- weekend at bertie’s | ⭐️⭐️

- the professor of ontography | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
it was good but i’m sad now

- phobos | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
damn

- playing | ⭐️
makes no sense. actually made me mad

(the rating is the average rating for all of these)

emilyalsop's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

2.5