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The Listeners

Maggie Stiefvater

3.97 AVERAGE

caw34's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hollireads's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

marhamm's review against another edition

3.75

informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I struggled to really connect or get into this book at any point. The concept was interesting and I enjoyed learning about an aspect of WWII that I previously did not know about. However I felt like the book mostly plodded along and the ending didn’t give it any oomph either. 

tjrosenhagen's review against another edition

2.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

blkbayliss's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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I loved the setting of West Virginia and a regal hotel. June was a fascinating main character. The historical elements of stranded diplomats was fascinating. Hannelore’s story was sad but very interesting. I loved Tucker Rye Minnick and how his story came out slowly. And the Sandy twist!

cstovall17's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

dclaw's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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: Yes

leathegriff's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

antucker's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

scoutisimo's review against another edition

5.0

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Found myself completely engrossed in the complicated social spiderweb of the world we glimpse through the prose of this book; felt it all the more acutely for how familiar the thoughts and feelings of June and Hannelore were to me. And of course, Maggie Stiefvater knows how to give us magic that is terrifying and wonderful, and it’s deployed here without ever overwhelming the depth of her historical research. 

Rating might’ve gone even higher if

June and Tucker had gotten to fuck nasty instead of getting blue balled three - THREE! - times. (This is mostly a joke, I actually thought it was extremely funny and in line with the story that they kept getting interrupted by historical events and shit.) I hope they had the time of their lives in Pensacola after all this. It’s what they deserve.