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Looking Glass Sound

Catriona Ward

3.59 AVERAGE

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

DNF@7%. Too YA in the beginning. 

Closer to 4.5. It’s hard to not be tired of stories with this particular style (the book even comments on that near the end, because of course it does) but if you can accept it as fresh it is really well done. Constant discomfort punctured by sharp moments of horror, and an ending that unravels as horribly as you’d want.
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Boring, weird, totally bizarre in the second part. I don’t get why this author repeatedly creates incomprehensible “twists” in their stories. I’ll keep reading them, but damn, can we get a break and actually understand the plot for once?
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It took me a while to get used to the writing style, definitely not for me.  I found it excessively confusing. However the story kept me intrigued and I kept going but ended up disappointed by the ending. There were just too many plot twist, all at the final pages. Some made sense and somehow fitted with the story, but for some others I still wonder what purpose do they serve other than catching the reader off guard.  
dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Kind of a mind fuck once you get all the way through it, really clever and well done altogether.
challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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: Yes