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دوشیزگان by Alex Michaelides

151 reviews

cheyb29's review against another edition

1.5

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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clariceyj's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dlynn3's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was suspenseful, but like the Silent Patient, it wasn’t the best book I ever read. It was quick, but I felt like some ideas weren’t fully tied up. Let me with questions.

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kpharr's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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serenityinpages's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

3/5 ⭐️

📖 plot & pace: this was a super interesting book! i felt fully engaged the entire time... but the ending was such a let down. it felt so forced, like Michaelides spent all his energy on the first 80% and said "well, that's good enough"

👥 characters: i honestly enjoy the fact that Michaelides includes characters from his other books. i also love the greek mythology ties! there was a nice buildup for the characters in this book, i felt like i could really understand them.

🤩 tropes: murder mystery, everyone's a suspect, cult

**there are trigger warnings of descriptive animal death and grooming**

i typically love all of the books by this author but this one was a let down for me. there was so much missed potential here at the end. overall i did enjoy this book, but i wouldn't read it again.

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jessiebelle6's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I didn’t really like the ending. I also thought there would be more integration with Greek myths based on the description.

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adeepermystery's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I've still got to make peace with the ending, and what I see as loose ends. But I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong about the ending.

Oh--I wanted to note the author's idiosyncratic use of the m-dash. It was used many places I'd expect a comma, and really broke up the flow of the reading for me at first. It got easier with time. Maybe it's a UK thing? (I grew up in the US and moved to Mexico in my 40s--I know Mexico uses punctuation much differently, so perhaps that's the case with this unusual m-dash usage.)

I'm working to re-establish a daily reading habit, and I was certainly invested in this story! I had a million theories I thought were sooo smart. Pleased to be incorrect about all of them.

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tannerlauren's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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slappostato's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Did not love. Very slow. The twist was bizarre.

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erinoconnor's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Honestly… bleh. I listened to the audiobook, which was great, but the book itself was truly awful. Between the cringy lead character, the way every single man was obsessed with her and wanted to sleep with her, the casual assault, and the absurd twist that basically devalued the whole story, I am surprised I didn’t just stop.

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