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Gallant

V.E. Schwab

3.77 AVERAGE

annewilbooks's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

asperomari's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

For most of the time I was reading this I was wondering why I wasn’t vibing with this anywhere near as much as I did with Vicious because I adore Schwab’s writing style and I think it just comes down to it being YA instead of adult I think I just needed something a little more fucked up from my girl.

It also felt as though there was something missing in terms of plot, at about 80% through I was shocked to find out I was so close to the end it honestly felt like I was at 50% or 60%, not to say the ending was rushed it definitely didn’t feel like that it just felt like there could have been more.

Absolutely obsessed with the spooky atmosphere in this one though, I’m a little mad I read this in July when it’s such an Autumn read.

ameliaadrianna's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

My best friend kept telling me to read this because it has been sitting unread on my shelf for years and she knew I would enjoy it. And she was right, of course. I've loved everything Schwab has written and this is not the exception. This was such a lovely little horrible fairytale that captured the essence of traditional fairytales so well. If you enjoy spooky little tales, this is absolutely for you.

hare_in_the_garden's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

What I liked:
The writing really pulled you into the world. I loved the way Olivia's mutism worked for the characterisation and storytelling. Places as characters was also done really well. I liked the concept of the gouls.

What I didn't like:
This book did kind of lose me for a bit in the second half and I'm not sure why. The diary entries did at some point become overly repetitive.

Rating (out of 5):
⭐️⭐️⭐️

aliceinthepalace's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I thought this was very sweet and tense and straightforward without being boring. Had a great pace. Read in like 2 days during the holiday weekend when I had time between pool and ocean. Dirtied up my friend’s copy unfortunately so I hope she still loves me.