Reviews

Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

beachbagbooks's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Fantasy is 100% my favorite genre, but I enjoy dabbling in locked-room mysteries and Voyage of the Damned was a perfect combination of the two! The main character, Ganymedes, is truly the unlikeliest of heroes and I loved him for that, even if his personality was a little grating (he was doing it on purpose, so I forgive him!). The author did an exceptional job juggling 12 very distinct characters and their magical abilities and I was kept guessing basically up until the big reveal. Overall, I’m very impressed and would love to read more books in this vein! 

gkx98's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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? N/A

4.0

lupinreads's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

sapphicmacbeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious

5.0

gaebron's review

funny mysterious fast-paced

5.0

bookishexpat's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

elmewhy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

i loved this so much 🥺

diana_blackmoon's review against another edition

fast-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? Yes

4.0

legallyhot's review against another edition

challenging fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

The main character is unbearable! I liked the love interest until the

body swap reveal

then I just had another awful character with too much page time. All the other characters in the book were so much more compelling and interesting! This book has the maturity of a children’s book but is filled with swearing and unnecessary scenes of the main character objectifying female characters. The mystery was really compelling and the only thing keeping me from putting the book down, those last few chapters after the reveal were a SLOG. The author had some great ideas for this book but overall they were poorly executed.

greysbian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I didn’t want to put this book down! Such a beautiful standalone book!