3.53 AVERAGE

natnatcatcat's review

2.5
adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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abalababa's review

3.25
adventurous mysterious fast-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

nellsbells128's review

4.0
emotional mysterious medium-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
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nadjr's review

2.5
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

tasha_bombastic's review

4.0
emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
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sorre1's review

4.5
adventurous emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

polarbear2023's review

3.0

great concept but fell flat for me
Present day dude was too repetive and childish and the innkeeper dude was just boring but I lovedddddd the characters in the emperor era they made the rest of this book bearable
Cute quick read 
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bubsbubs's review

4.75
adventurous emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm not really 100% sure how to rate this book. I love the idea of it (I'm a sucker for stories with timeline hops and interconnected lives) and I did enjoy reading it. But I got to the end and I just keep feeling like I want more. And I'm not sure more of what exactly, but something. 

Maybe I'm just unsatisfied with the ending? And not necessarily in a way that I think is a flaw of the book. I think maybe I'm supposed to feel this way--in which case Huang accomplishes what he's set out to do. I'm left with a lot of questions and I think that I'll think about this book for a while still.
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anispaperbacks's review

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

Just not in the mood for it