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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
I...am not sure what I just read? In a way, I liked the book. Radcliffe really was great at suspenseful scenes, and was also good at describing different views of nature. I'll just admit it; reading this made me want to visit the Alps. On the other hand, after so long, the descriptions become tedious.
Radcliffe also rambles. A lot. Her story wanders around, digresses off into other's stories, and overall the plot is a lot more complex than it really needed to be. Add in lots of characters that like hinting at things and babbling nonsense instead of just telling their stories, and it got really frustrating at times. I'm divided on the character of Emily. At times, I admired her, but she fainted so dang much it was a wonder anything got done! The fact that she fainted over little things made the times that you would expect an extreme reaction to have less of an impact. If she'll faint because she saw someone walking around outside, why should I react with greater horror when something really terrible happens to her?
Also, it didn't help that I kept thinking of Northanger Abbey the whole time.
So, it was fun, and sometimes scary, but it also went on and on and on and on...
Read it, but expect a whole lot of fainting and descriptions of trees.
Radcliffe also rambles. A lot. Her story wanders around, digresses off into other's stories, and overall the plot is a lot more complex than it really needed to be. Add in lots of characters that like hinting at things and babbling nonsense instead of just telling their stories, and it got really frustrating at times. I'm divided on the character of Emily. At times, I admired her, but she fainted so dang much it was a wonder anything got done! The fact that she fainted over little things made the times that you would expect an extreme reaction to have less of an impact. If she'll faint because she saw someone walking around outside, why should I react with greater horror when something really terrible happens to her?
Also, it didn't help that I kept thinking of Northanger Abbey the whole time.
So, it was fun, and sometimes scary, but it also went on and on and on and on...
Read it, but expect a whole lot of fainting and descriptions of trees.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I tried so hard to finish it but I got more than halfway through and basically nothing happens. She keeps acting like something just happened and another thing is about to happen but the whole time actually nothing is happening. Sometimes I think maybe she just forgot to followup on some of the supposed things, and other times I think, "oh, no this was supposed to have counted as a thing that happened".
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It starts off slowly but around 200 pages in it begins to get exciting and in the last 50 pages is the most exciting.