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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The book itself wasn't bad. I finished it, but at times struggled. An editor could clean up about 100 pages and the stars would go up. Nothing happen for almost 600 pages, but I still liked it.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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:
No
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book gets a lot of hate in the reviews and I think that people just had too high expectations for it. Not every book needs to be a literary masterpiece. It’s a fast, easy read. Good summer book. I’m always a little skeptical of series. While some are very good (Outlander, Hunger Games), they have a tendency to get cheesy and/or disorganized. This is a little bit both. But, it was entertaining, I read it in a week. I might read Book 2.
I started this book with apprehension, having read mixed reviews about it. After the first 250 pages I could understand why people got bored with it: nothing happened! But as I persisted further and further into the pages I began to get more and more excited as I turned each page! WOW! The more I read, the more I just could not stop! The romance between Diana and Matthew has been compared to Edward and Bella (Twilight) but I could not disagree more. Twilight is a children's story compared to the love and emotions this book sparks. People have complained about the length of this book, because everything is explained in so much detail but I think that makes the story work all the better, you feel like you are there with them! Deborah Harkness has created a masterpiece with this novel and I am eagerly awaiting Shadow Of Night to arrive in the mail. Lets just pray that she hurries up and completes the 3rd book!
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Harkness created a lush magical version of our world with witches, vampires, and daemons. Sometimes the magic felt a little convenient with when Diana's new powers would appear. I loved the academic setting and was sad to leave it behind. The romance was somewhat rushed with lots of focus on physicality. The plot felt slow at times but I really enjoyed the read overall.
mysterious
slow-paced
I read this as a book club book this year. I was sucked into it.
It's not perfect. It seemed to slow down and drag around halfway through. I think it could have been shortened and streamlined by about a third. I didn't realize it while I was reading, but thinking about it now, I was mostly waiting for it to end so we could get to the next part of the plot. I started to get tired of Matthew and his stupid vampire BS.
I loved supernatural yoga. I want that.
I'm going to read the next book in the trilogy at some point, but the more time that passes, the less excited I am about it.
It's not perfect. It seemed to slow down and drag around halfway through. I think it could have been shortened and streamlined by about a third. I didn't realize it while I was reading, but thinking about it now, I was mostly waiting for it to end so we could get to the next part of the plot. I started to get tired of Matthew and his stupid vampire BS.
I loved supernatural yoga. I want that.
I'm going to read the next book in the trilogy at some point, but the more time that passes, the less excited I am about it.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes