Reviews - O Que Guarda o Rio

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O Que Guarda o Rio

Isabel Ibañez

3.85 AVERAGE

happyv's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kosali's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Wirklich schönes Buch. Ich war wirklich begeistert von der ganzen Mythologie und dem Welten Aufbau.
Das Ende war echt Herz zerbrechen aber auch gut geschrieben.
Zugegebenermaßen habe ich am Anfang die chemistry zwischen Inez und With überhaupt nicht gefühlt. Das ging dann gegen Ende des Buches wesentlich besser.

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celi_k's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

alibrarianreads's review against another edition

3.0

I've seen this marketed a lot as YA, but honestly think it fits better into the Adult category - not because of any particular content warnings, but just the way that the characters and situations were written. Even though Inez is a very naïve 19-year-old, the way the story itself flowed felt much more Adult than YA - maybe it was the pacing? the characterisations? I'm not sure, honestly.

Overall, I did enjoy reading this, but felt that the pacing was overly slow - partly my annoyance with this could have been that I'd been led to believe it was a standalone... but even then, there was very little sense of excitement or things needing to be done quickly (until the very last quarter of the book). I also struggled to properly connect with any of the characters or care about what they were going through. I did want to solve the ongoing mystery, but wasn't too fussed about how it happened.

All in all, I think this was fine, but I'm not sure that I will be lining up to read book 2.

nessa989's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

zoesrtm's review against another edition

4.0

Been staring at the wall for 5 minutes now. That quite literally came out of nowhere to me. I was expecting his betrayal from the first chapter but somehow it still caught me completely off guard?? I literally READ that line on tik tok and just blocked it out??
On a positive note, I loved loved loved the setting in Egypt and found the story to be so intriguing that I couldn’t put it down. As an ancient history student the plot and being able to follow all the historical facts with extra knowledge had me ecstatic. Who doesn’t love to read about their exam material? It also reignited my want for an archeology degree so! The Egypt + archaeology combo will ALWAYS get me.
And don’t even get me started on the tension

aidapersianprincess's review against another edition

2.75

2.75 ⭐
This book needed to be shorter. Everything would have been resolved if the characters just freaking talked to each other. Like sometime mystery doesn't' need to take this long to come out and the characters annoyed me. If Whit just freaking talked to Inez and told her about his situation then he would've became a decedent human being. Lack of communication trop annoys me. Like you're grow up. If I was Inez and the characters treated me the way they treated her OH THEY WOULD BE SORRY. Hate her mom and hate her uncle to just keep secrets. JUST FREAKING TALK TO EACH OTHER. I will unhaul this and will not continue. 2.75 stars because it was easy to read and liked the mama issues Inez had.