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Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

138 reviews

celey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

An enchanting blend of family mystery and magical quest that flew to the finish line and left me sad that the story was over.

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measishouldbebooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book was amazing. I loved the characters and the story itself. It was so intricate and it connected together so beautifully in the end. There were a couple of things I saw coming, but that didn’t inhibit my enjoyment in the slightest. It wrapped up so nicely.

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mary_c's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I kept wanting to read it and that rarely happens for me!

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cassielaj's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book took a little while to get going, but once it did I was super into it! The premise and plotting were super original and fascinating, and I loved the main characters. I also thought that Torzs’ use of multiple perspectives to push the plot along was expertly done. Some crazy plot twists in this one that i really liked. I was worried that the introduction of a romance would annoy me, but I think it was just minimal enough to introduce a good thing for the characters. Overall, a great exploration of power and who holds it, and of making your own path of the one set out for you isn’t suiting.

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devlaluna2's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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

4.75

the prose?!?! the character dynamics??? the sibling dynamics???(the sibling dynamic…. very black brothers…. those who know KNOW) the friendship?????!? the love?!?! the magic system???!?! the plot revelations?!?! the way bisexuality was represented?!?!?! a queer book that doesn’t need a homophobia tw?!?!?! i had a very good time :)))

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tlindquist's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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navayiota's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Aggressively good. Saskia Maarleveld has incredible taste in books. If she's narrating it, i know it will be a banger. And she's amazing at what she does!
I really, really enjoyed this story. The plot twists made complete sense and I felt proud of myself whenever I managed to see one coming, the characters are lovable, (I want to give all our protagonists a hug) and the descriptions of sensations were vivid and visceral. I loved every moment.
It was also a stunning portrayal of how people deal with trauma, especially trauma inflicted by one's primary caregivers. Excellent work!

My one critique would be that they struggled a bit with writing the 4-person conversation between Ester, Johanna, Nicholas and Collins where the 're trying to decide what to do with the wards. It felt forced and repetitive, and constantly reminded me of the fact that this is a story written by a person, and not just me being a fly on the wall for a real life conversation. I didn't notice this with any other conversation.

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