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The Gilded Ones

Namina Forna

3.99 AVERAGE

veroparden's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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

nattieg_reads's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 stars

puffyamiyemi's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark hopeful inspiring 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

ladyash8878's review against another edition

4.0

It was a slow start, but once it got going it was alot of crazy twist reveals. Would be interested to try this series as it goes.

hopping_along's review against another edition

3.0

3-3.5

litwithgenice's review against another edition

5.0

Well written. Loved the story line. Loved the characters and the character development.

nutritionalyeet13's review against another edition

2.0

This writing was so overcompensating and childish that I couldn’t enjoy this at all :/

tayaingrid's review against another edition

4.75

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: No

piprigsby's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

i loved the themes of fighting against the system in this book instead of the individuals. furthermore, this book is so feminist and it's amazing. this book explores themes of female oppression and how women end up fighting back, and it is so important.

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soniss23's review against another edition

3.0

This book had four parts for me:
First 25% was not enjoyable
Second 25% was just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Third 25% was fun and interesting but my attention kept drifting
The last fourth was GREAT and made me excited to read the next one
I think I need to read the next one as a print book and not an audiobook though
Also I think my review could be summarized as: would be a mediocre/bad movie but a fairly fun tv show
Also I do stan Britta but Deka felt like such a Mary Sue and the romance felt so inorganic

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