Reviews

Les enclaves dorées by Naomi Novik

1cat14's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

lfellin83's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

elainemh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

snowship's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

mourningstarr's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.75

mitskacir's review against another edition

4.0

Probably my least favorite of the trilogy, because I really liked the hyper-contained setting of the Scholomance in the first two and expanded worlds often get a bit unwieldy (El was quite the globetrotter in this one, with either rather boring accounts of travel from here to there or big jumps where it was skipped over). I also felt like her relationship with Orion didn't have the same emotional heft - El was certainly busy with other things and they were separated for much of the book, but the payoff at the end wasn't as emotional as it could have been. Overall though, I continued to enjoy it and was eager to listen whenever I could. If I ever reread in the future, I would try reading a physical copy instead of listening to the audiobook - while it was pretty good, the reader sometimes irritated me and I think I would understand it better in text.

2nd read: Still super fun! Reading the physical copy did improve my reading comprehension. A bit hand-wavy with all the magic that leads to the resolution, but it's forgiven.

elizabeth_09's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

travelthroughreading's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.75

Disappointing compared to the previous two. 

jennkei's review against another edition

5.0

LOVED this third book. Tied up the first and second books so well! I thought it was a realistic end. Wonder if there's more? Would love to explore this world further.

eamcmahon3's review against another edition

3.0

Giving this a 3 felt generous. I loved the first two but this fell flat for me. El is an extremely irritating character, but I was able to push through it in other books.

This book felt unnecessarily long and complex with the relationship between El and Orion taking last place. Glad I'm done with this series (oops)