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The suggested reading for this is as an adventure book - read a chapter a day until Christmas. I'm glad I didn't do that and read it all in one go, I wouldn't have finished the book otherwise.

This didn't work for me. I didn't enjoy the writing, and the plot was predictable.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC

bestdamnloser's review against another edition

2.25

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was intended to be read as an advent book where you read one chapter a day from 12/1-12/25. I did read the book in this manner. I found the characters to not be believable, and the plot to be somewhat boring. I had a hard time reading this book. I also didn't find the way the characters acted to be believable either. The setting was built very well.

casper2769's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

anas27's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

[NetGalley Read #21]
3.25 ⭐

Well, I'm glad for the final two chapters. Lifting the mood from absolute melancholia to a bit of hope and merriment.

Starts a bit slow. A bit repetitive. Then really picks up the pace in the middle and ends on a relatively high note.

It's not perfect (which is one of themes of the book). But it's not really bad either. There are flashes of brilliance. Then there are also some odd choices of words/sentences and repititions that are a bit jarring.

Despite all its faults, there is a certain allure (atleast to me) to the writing and the characters that I can't quite define/explain. Similar to another book from this author called The Other Passenger.

It is quite short since it is a novella. 25 chapters. Christmas themed. Easy to read.

If you're short on your reading challenge for the year, give it a read.