39 reviews for:

Royal Gambit

Daniel O'Malley

4.44 AVERAGE

gkgunderwood's review against another edition

4.0

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It took a little bit for this to feel like a Checquy book, but I still really enjoyed the story.

mirificmoxie's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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: No

cbrenner47's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cathymakes's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

northcoastwanderer's review

4.5

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cookinjr's review

4.0

adventurous funny medium-paced

astrawitch's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rrobinson1216's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kategcity's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging funny 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

predaj's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous 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: Complicated

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The middle got very slow. And overall this book felt very disjointed and static compared to the rook. The ending was interesting but lacked build up. Say to much exposition to explain things and then it just got sappy. I've read the rook multiple times, but this is a one and done.