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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Maggie is so talented at creating flawed, complex characters. I loved reading this slowly and taking the time to annotate it.
This isn't the usual subject matter that I enjoy, but it's such a smart story with such witty prose that I would recommend it to others.
This isn't the usual subject matter that I enjoy, but it's such a smart story with such witty prose that I would recommend it to others.
What an interesting and beautiful book.
As with all of Maggie Stiefvater’s books I am left wanting more. Tell me more about the water? June? Tucker? Hannelore?
I was delighted by the characters and the prose even though I don’t normally connect with historical fiction. This was very well researched and vividly imagined, I had dreams that I was in the Avallon when I read before bed.
Favourite lines, a select three of three million possibilities
It was a no with some real heft, a no you could put ham and cheese on.
No, she had not met Mrs. Pennybacker, but she suspected she knew the shape of her. A missing partner was like an unspoken word; it fit neatly against the spoken one.
The hotel bar. He had been getting around to it. Yes. She knew that. Maybe not exactly what he was going to say, maybe not exactly this, but she'd known the shape of the unspoken. This was why she had sat in the booth for a long time, even after Gilfoyle didn’t return, trying to decide it she would go to the Gilfoyle apartment, knock, say, Finish your sentence.
As with all of Maggie Stiefvater’s books I am left wanting more. Tell me more about the water? June? Tucker? Hannelore?
I was delighted by the characters and the prose even though I don’t normally connect with historical fiction. This was very well researched and vividly imagined, I had dreams that I was in the Avallon when I read before bed.
Favourite lines, a select three of three million possibilities
It was a no with some real heft, a no you could put ham and cheese on.
No, she had not met Mrs. Pennybacker, but she suspected she knew the shape of her. A missing partner was like an unspoken word; it fit neatly against the spoken one.
The hotel bar. He had been getting around to it. Yes. She knew that. Maybe not exactly what he was going to say, maybe not exactly this, but she'd known the shape of the unspoken. This was why she had sat in the booth for a long time, even after Gilfoyle didn’t return, trying to decide it she would go to the Gilfoyle apartment, knock, say, Finish your sentence.
adventurous
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
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
informative
mysterious
reflective
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
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well-written with a charming setting, but too many characters and plot lines to keep track of. It didn’t feel like a cohesive story.
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No