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A Splendid Ruin

Megan Chance

3.81 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

Too way way too much time to finally get somewhere.
mysterious tense medium-paced

Y'all.
I listened to this instead of physically reading it. I enjoyed the story, the resilience of the main character, the prose and setting. There were interesting twists and turns, things I didn't see coming (things I saw coming from a mile away). But the ENDING?! WAS GARBAGE. I'm still so mad that after ALL OF THAT, the ending is a snub at a party. Nah.
mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Absolutely a joy to read. A great heroing story of a young woman fighting against a wrongful situation. This woman finds great strength, I never saw the idea of revenge in such away. Although I still don't like the idea of revenge, it's so beautifully written it makes it look beautiful - an no one's truly hurt by it, except our heroine.

But despite her pain she's comes out strong and on top of the world, far more that those who hurt her.

I will say its a slow read through the first 100 pages or so. If you can get passed that, the rest of the story happens it such a perfect way, well worth the finish.

I am not normally into thrillers. On one hand the scene and plot of this book entranced me and is haunting my dreams. On the other I spent the whole book screaming at the main character to make any other decision.

DNF at 40 percent. Not enough happening to keep me interested.
medium-paced