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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
Basically a book of short stories with a common protagonist. There was some repetition between stories--backstory repeated, metaphor replicated--but I didn't mind. Some of the reviewers mention similarities to Neil Gaiman's writing, which feels right; both create myths and bring the fantastic to the mundane. I'm not a fan of short stories, but I enjoyed this one and will look forward to the sequel.
I ADORE Wayward Children. I did not enjoy October Daye. This series feels like a merging of the two, but more in the vein of Wayward Children. The worldbuilding is excellent, and the characters are complex and (mostly) likeable. (Unlikable characters are my complaint about Daye.)
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Really interesting story about the urban legend ghost Rose Marshall, the Prom Date Ghost or The Ghost at the Diner. She ha other monikers also. It told her story in mostly the present, skipping back to the past to fill in holes now and then.
The annoying parts were these out of story info dumps about world building that didn't pertain to the story. The seemed to lead each chapter. It took me out of the story and had me setting the book down a lot more than I normally would.
The annoying parts were these out of story info dumps about world building that didn't pertain to the story. The seemed to lead each chapter. It took me out of the story and had me setting the book down a lot more than I normally would.
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-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:
Yes
I am not sure that there are many authors out there who are as compulsively readable as Seanan McGuire. You sink right into her stories and don’t want to surface until it’s done. I’m not a ghost story person but this book was such a good twist on a familiar story. We’ve all heard the story about the hitchhiker in a prom dress that disappears from the cars of the people who give her a ride. But how did she really end up out there? Why is she always hitching?
This book is fascinatingly weird. I can’t wait to read the next book.
This book is fascinatingly weird. I can’t wait to read the next book.
It’s definitely a slow build. The first part of the Book was enjoyable but not captivating. I kept reading because a friend insisted and it was worth it.
adventurous
challenging
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death
Minor: Car accident
This is a ghost/horror book. It can be dark, and for sensitive readers, triggering. There is death, ghosts/monsters/occult.