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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
rtc maybe but kinda just frustratingly dumb all around and the worst audio I’ve listened to in ages
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I’ve completely forgotten everything about this book so I can’t give it the solo star review I meant to, but I will say I was impressed by one thing:
That one audiobook narrator sure Can! Speak! In! Exclamation! Marks!!!!!!
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I’ve completely forgotten everything about this book so I can’t give it the solo star review I meant to, but I will say I was impressed by one thing:
That one audiobook narrator sure Can! Speak! In! Exclamation! Marks!!!!!!
dark
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:
Yes
Very good, but it's not horror
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Police brutality
Fast paced = quick read. Enough spook factor to keep it interesting without being wholly outlandish. I enjoyed it.
5 stars to Mirror Girls, a fantastic YA gothic mystery filled with magic and heart.
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I don’t even know where to start with this review, I just loved so much about this book; the characters, the atmosphere and how the setting is its own character.
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It’s about twin sisters Charlie and Magnolia, separated shortly after birth due to their parents murders. Charlie is raised by one grandmother in Harlem. Magnolia, who is white passing, is raised not knowing that she is half black by her grandmother, to be heir to the family cotton plantation. Neither know about the other one. When Magnolia finds out her true heritage, her reflection disappears and the story takes off from there.
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Charlie and Magnolia were some of my favourite characters I’ve read lately. Charlie’s a young activist that loves her Nana, loves Harlem and wants to make the world better for black people. Magnolia was raised to be a Southern Belle and to want nothing more than a rich husband and a big house. They are polar opposites in so many ways, but they also complement each other and watching their relationship with each other and themselves shift and grow was amazing and seriously heart warming.
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While this book was a fast read (I couldn’t put it down and finished it in a day!), I wouldn’t say it’s an easy read. It covers issues like living under Jim Crow, racism, racial identity, especially when you don’t fit neatly into one category, and slavery and it’s long reaching affects. It intertwines magic and ghosts into the story in great ways that were at times chilling and beautiful.
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I cannot recommend this book enough-it’s an amazing historic YA novel that I won’t be forgetting anytime soon.
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I don’t even know where to start with this review, I just loved so much about this book; the characters, the atmosphere and how the setting is its own character.
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It’s about twin sisters Charlie and Magnolia, separated shortly after birth due to their parents murders. Charlie is raised by one grandmother in Harlem. Magnolia, who is white passing, is raised not knowing that she is half black by her grandmother, to be heir to the family cotton plantation. Neither know about the other one. When Magnolia finds out her true heritage, her reflection disappears and the story takes off from there.
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Charlie and Magnolia were some of my favourite characters I’ve read lately. Charlie’s a young activist that loves her Nana, loves Harlem and wants to make the world better for black people. Magnolia was raised to be a Southern Belle and to want nothing more than a rich husband and a big house. They are polar opposites in so many ways, but they also complement each other and watching their relationship with each other and themselves shift and grow was amazing and seriously heart warming.
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While this book was a fast read (I couldn’t put it down and finished it in a day!), I wouldn’t say it’s an easy read. It covers issues like living under Jim Crow, racism, racial identity, especially when you don’t fit neatly into one category, and slavery and it’s long reaching affects. It intertwines magic and ghosts into the story in great ways that were at times chilling and beautiful.
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I cannot recommend this book enough-it’s an amazing historic YA novel that I won’t be forgetting anytime soon.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A ghost-licious read about the power of family. Lots of enjoyable period details, with true historical horror handled very accessibly for young readers.
I'm not one for ghost stories, but even I have to admit this was well done. I am usually good at figuring out how a book will end, how the problems are solved. While I had some ideas, none were quite like the author had in mind. Having grown up in the south, these stories make me sad, but this one was so much more about change than it was about dwelling on the past. The sisters were the whole point of this story, and sisters are magical.