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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
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:
No
dark
emotional
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:
Complicated
Not really what I expected from Maggie Steifvater’s first foray into adult (I thought it’d be slightly more magical, I guess?) but really interesting all the same. The POVs were cleverly organized, the story itself was sort of slice-of-life at times, even though there was a clear starting and ending point. A very micro POV of WWII, but not one I ever really considered in depth. I think the sophistication of Maggie’s writing shines a bit more for this age category and I’m curious to see what she’ll write next.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
DNFing at page 128 - I’m just not excited to keep reading it sadly. Maybe I’ll go back to it!
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
really wanted to like this, but it was not for me. maggie has great writing but i was so uninterested in the story. everything was so slow and i didn’t like any of the characters. i felt like nothing happened until the last 10% and even that wasn’t too exciting. i really didn’t like the romance (either options); it just seemed so random to me. i was mostly interested in the magic and there wasn’t even that much of it. it feels evil to rate it like this with my love of maggie’s other books but i just keep thinking how i should have dnfed.
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Great idea, but it falls flat. Feels undeveloped in many ways
slow-paced