Scan barcode
dw_'s review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
slow-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? No
4.0
smp0064's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
mysterious
slow-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? No
3.0
clusterofpetals's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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? No
5.0
melmmh's review against another edition
5.0
Well, this book just ripped out a piece of my soul and ran away with it...
I actually had to force myself to slow down and savour it as opposed to my usual speed reading when I’m thick into a book I’ve fallen in love with.
The only downside is that I’m going to have a book hangover that lasts for weeks...
I haven’t read anything like this in years.
Is it amazing literature ie. Guy Gavriel Kay?
No. But it is the most captivating and sweetest and intense love story to fairy tales and love and stories themselves.
Can there please be a follow up?
I am at a complete loss to describe this adequately. Just enough to say that I know I will reread this many many times.
Oh my heart.
I actually had to force myself to slow down and savour it as opposed to my usual speed reading when I’m thick into a book I’ve fallen in love with.
The only downside is that I’m going to have a book hangover that lasts for weeks...
I haven’t read anything like this in years.
Is it amazing literature ie. Guy Gavriel Kay?
No. But it is the most captivating and sweetest and intense love story to fairy tales and love and stories themselves.
Can there please be a follow up?
I am at a complete loss to describe this adequately. Just enough to say that I know I will reread this many many times.
Oh my heart.
liyahreads22's review against another edition
5.0
The writing in this book was unmatched. The storytelling, the characters, everything about this story was beautiful.
tashaseegmiller's review against another edition
5.0
Brilliant. Magical. There are so many parts of this novel, stories within a story and then they start to fold together in a way that enhances the beauty of the narrative as a whole.
I loved it.
I loved it.
bleudeciel's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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? No
5.0
ceeej56's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
jessicarosee's review against another edition
5.0
This book was so endlessly beautiful that I don’t think I can put it in my own words to describe how stunning jt is. So instead I’m going to share some of my favourite quotes:
“A boy at the beginning of a story has no way of knowing that the story has begun.” pg. 13
“This is their world, starless and sacred. They think it impervious. Impenetrable and eternal. Yet all things change in time.” pg. 64
“He has untangled himself from vines blossoming with story-filled flowers. He has traversed piles of abandoned teacups with text baked into their crackled glaze. He has walked through puddles of ink and left footprints that formed stories in his wake that he did not turn around to read.” pg. 89
“This is a significant moment, he thinks, hearing the words in his head in his mother’s voice. A moment with meaning. A moment that changes the moments that follow.” pg. 102
“‘He told you his name is Dorian? How very Oscar Wilde indulgent of him. I thought he was bad enough with his drama eyebrows and his sulking.’” pg. 144
“‘Poetry.’ Mirabel repeats. ‘The weather. It’s like a poem. Where each word is more than one thing at once and everything’s a metaphor. The meaning condensed into rhythm and sound and the spaces between sentences. It’s all intense and sharp, like the cold and the wind.’” pg. 156
“His face is so much more than hair and eye colour, she wonders why books do not describe the curves of people’s noses or the length of eyelashes. She studies the shape of his lips. Perhaps a face is too complicated to capture in words.” pg. 224
“‘Like I’m losing my mind, but in a slow, achingly beautiful sort of way.’” pg. 288
“‘Strange isn’t it? To love a book. When the words on the pages become so precious that they feel like part of your own history because they are. It’s nice to finally have someone read stores I know so intimately.’” pg. 298
“‘Important things hurt sometimes.’” pg. 352
“‘Do you ever think about how many stories are out there? ... How many dreams are unfolding around us right at this very moment? I wonder how long a book you would need to record them? You’d probably need an entire library to hold a single evening in Manhattan. An hour. A minute.’” pg. 364
“‘We are the stars,’ he answers, as though it is the most obvious of facts afloat in a sea of metaphors and misdirections. ‘We are all stardust and stories.’” pg. 373
This book is so fucking beautiful. At about 450 pages in, I wrote something on a post-it note and stuck it on the page. Looking back now it’s kinda funny...
“so much crossover, paradoxical bullshit — i love it but im feeling super dumb right about now.”
“A boy at the beginning of a story has no way of knowing that the story has begun.” pg. 13
“This is their world, starless and sacred. They think it impervious. Impenetrable and eternal. Yet all things change in time.” pg. 64
“He has untangled himself from vines blossoming with story-filled flowers. He has traversed piles of abandoned teacups with text baked into their crackled glaze. He has walked through puddles of ink and left footprints that formed stories in his wake that he did not turn around to read.” pg. 89
“This is a significant moment, he thinks, hearing the words in his head in his mother’s voice. A moment with meaning. A moment that changes the moments that follow.” pg. 102
“‘He told you his name is Dorian? How very Oscar Wilde indulgent of him. I thought he was bad enough with his drama eyebrows and his sulking.’” pg. 144
“‘Poetry.’ Mirabel repeats. ‘The weather. It’s like a poem. Where each word is more than one thing at once and everything’s a metaphor. The meaning condensed into rhythm and sound and the spaces between sentences. It’s all intense and sharp, like the cold and the wind.’” pg. 156
“His face is so much more than hair and eye colour, she wonders why books do not describe the curves of people’s noses or the length of eyelashes. She studies the shape of his lips. Perhaps a face is too complicated to capture in words.” pg. 224
“‘Like I’m losing my mind, but in a slow, achingly beautiful sort of way.’” pg. 288
“‘Strange isn’t it? To love a book. When the words on the pages become so precious that they feel like part of your own history because they are. It’s nice to finally have someone read stores I know so intimately.’” pg. 298
“‘Important things hurt sometimes.’” pg. 352
“‘Do you ever think about how many stories are out there? ... How many dreams are unfolding around us right at this very moment? I wonder how long a book you would need to record them? You’d probably need an entire library to hold a single evening in Manhattan. An hour. A minute.’” pg. 364
“‘We are the stars,’ he answers, as though it is the most obvious of facts afloat in a sea of metaphors and misdirections. ‘We are all stardust and stories.’” pg. 373
This book is so fucking beautiful. At about 450 pages in, I wrote something on a post-it note and stuck it on the page. Looking back now it’s kinda funny...
“so much crossover, paradoxical bullshit — i love it but im feeling super dumb right about now.”
ebc726's review against another edition
2.0
I kind of hated this book. It taught me (or at least reinforced that) I’m so not into dystopian fantasies. That being said, I know some people who I think WOULD be into it.