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Looking Glass Sound

Catriona Ward

3.59 AVERAGE

deckanddaughter's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Ward does it again for me. I truly think she cannot miss for my style and tastes. This one hits in the meta and magic feels like Needless hit in the mental health and crime; Eve hit in the gothic and cult. There’s a thrill in reading a tale of ghosts and hauntings requiring you to flip back and reread parts once new info is revealed that I always revel in.

And I love a twisted character that on the surface seems a monster but when you peel back the layers you see the soft pink inside and let out a little “ohhhh” and understand. Maybe not condone. But understand. Aren’t we all a little bit monstrous?

jamesmichael84's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

witch_one's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I was curious but confused by all the different timelines for a while, but the last fourth of the book was mind bending. I enjoyed that bit a bunch but wish I connected with at least one of the characters more.

sjcravensmith's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

springsteenlindsay's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

caffeineauthor's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really liked this book for about the first 3/4 but by the end I was “twisted” out. It’s not that there’s a magic number for plot twists, I just stopped caring about the characters after so many rug pulls. It’s very well written though, and I liked many of the creative choices even if I found them predictable.

also, I didn’t love the reveal that Sky had been a girl all along because it shifted the reality of Wilder’s bisexuality. With that twist, the only boy he’d had feelings for turned out to be his half-brother (not that he knew). But still, something about that feels like queer baiting and I didn’t like it.