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polarhime's review

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dark emotional 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

4.25

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emmjay's review

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challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

The excessive footnoting can get a bit too clever and I can’t say I disagree with the “magical boob job” criticisms and the way the stakes are significantly lowered when someone capable of healing all wounds and injuries is introduced, but all in all I loved this book. I love our heroine and how she walks the line between morally gray and not. She’s also legitimately clever, not just a protagonist the author repeatedly tells us is clever. Several moments in the book made me gasp out loud with surprise. This book is VERY dark and gorey but stays just shy of gorey for gores-sake. Deep world building and I look forward to the sequel.

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caitlinxx05's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

I’m a little divided on this book.

I really liked the general concept; a school to train assassins. Next to that I loved the Italian influences that kept peeking in and the characters, the way they were quite clear and put up.
The world-building was okay, could’ve been a bit better I think, and it took a little too long for me to get to the point of where it was hard to put the book down (but I did get there, so POINT).
The way the ending closed up, I’m content not continuing the series and leaving it with this book. As much as happened at the ending, I don’t feel the need to read the rest.

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ienbdri's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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maregred's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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itsbridgette's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this book. It’s not perfect by any means. I did find the footnotes annoying and skipped most of it. I also found the sexual scenes in here unnecessary since those involved are supposed to be minors (late teens). I like myself some good smut but not when it involves teens. It’s kinda gross actually. Buuuuut with that being said, I really liked the characters and the story. The action scenes are kind of wild and unrealistic, but that’s exactly what I was looking for when I selected this.

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loralyyn's review

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adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.0

I would have given this book 5 stars, but the beginning felt like a really long intro and took awhile to get going imo

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dragonaion's review

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

USA said it well,

"Harry Potter meets The Lies of Locke Lamora."

And from my 5 star review of The Lies of Locke Lamora, I say that Nevernight is absolutely a story-sibling to Lynch's work while standing on its own and is a fantastic read. I devoured half the book in a day and am already shouting at Amazon to "take my money!" for the sequels.
For those who haven't read Lynch's book (which you should, if you enjoy Nevernight), this is a story of the brotherhood (and sisterhood!) of thieves, love in the dark, knowing what the dark is, and how to walk in Her shadow. Not for the faint of heart, this is a brilliant magical fantasy that will remind you of The Elder Scroll's Night Mother and Daedric Prince Nocturnal with every word. It is brilliant, emotional, tangible, and had me almost crying at a few spots.

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taliatalksbooks's review

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff is far more detailed than I ever anticipated. This world is robust, well thought out, and incredibly complicated in all the best ways. I wouldn’t enter this series thinking it’s going to be a quick read. This is 100% a slow fantasy burn, but it is oh so worth it. It is strategic, dark, and twisty, which you can only expect of a group of would-be assassins. Kristoff masterfully depicts the complications of religion, politics, corruption, magic, world-specific language, and overwhelming emotion, all within this first book. I’m really excited to see where this series heads in the next two novels, but this is definitely a “chapter-at-a-time” read for me. If you decide to jump in to the world of Nevernight, get ready for one of the most complicated and intricate reads you’ve ever embarked on. Truthfully, Kristoff is giving GRRM a run for his money in terms of the amount of detail packed into these pages, and if you don’t believe me, you’ll just have to check these books out for yourself.

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agenericmirkwoodelf's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Oh wow! Oh wow!! This book shocked me! When I first started it, I was a little (okay, a lot) put off, I wasn’t sure I could get through it, but by the 100 page mark, it had me! There were so many things I loved about this book! And a few things I didn’t, but let’s start with the good:

-The writing. Polarizing. I know. I get it. This writing style is out there, and certainly not for everyone. But I loved for it! It was witty and gorgeous! I wanted to keep reading! Not just for the story, but also so I could absorb more of the prose.
- The worldbuilding. So vivid! I felt like I had been transported somewhere wholly unfamiliar and dangerous, and it was beautifully engrossing.
- The humor. Fine. I laughed. I admit it. I was not expecting this book to be funny, but here we are, and frankly it had no right to be as well-integrated as it was.
- Fight scenes. They were glorious.
-The foreshadowing in the footnotes yes pleaseee!

The characters were middle ground for me. They’re unique and interesting, but could use a little more depth. Hopefully we see this as the series progresses.

For all I loved, there were some things in this book I took issue with:
- Mia is 16. Please. Please. Stop making everything surrounding so sexualized. She is 16.
- Everyone is so horny all the time WhY??
- The early descriptions of Mia tried way too hard to convince us how not like other girls she is.
- Some of the messages regarding beauty were a little off putting. By no means is this a moral, lesson-learning book, but you’re seriously just going to remove a girl’s freckles because she’s supposedly more attractive without them? Come on!

So yeah! Overall, loved this book! Beyond excited for the next installment, but it it not without its flaws! :)

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