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Lightlark

Alex Aster

3.7 AVERAGE

adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bought it as an impulse buy at winners cuz cuz all 3 books and a poster was included and i read summer in the city which was an amazing book imo so i thought of reading her other books…. but when i started reading it, it was okay/exciting/got me hooked in the beginning then it was boring from the middle to end…. debating whether i should continue the other books :,)

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

ashley_perkins's review

3.5
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Unfortunately I felt like this was a weaker version of many other books I’ve read. I didn’t feel very invested in the storyline and it felt fairly predictable (said as someone who puts little effort into trying to predict) I think this is YA so maybe that had to do with it? It’s definitely cute and fun and readable but I was never really reaching for it. Also I mostly read this bc it has been described as having trials and the trials felt like suuuuch a small aspect of the plot to me.
adventurous dark emotional 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

This was my first fantasy read ever. I loved the plot and the characters. It took a couple chapters to get used to the language but other than that it was a really captivating read.
medium-paced

It's an interesting concept but the retelling of the curse over and over again got repetitive and I think there were some contractions at the twist in the end.  I might read the next two to see if it works itself out but overall ehh