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szuum's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism
Moderate: Miscarriage
a_moon_witch's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
The biggest praise I have for this book is the idea behind the book, which I found very interesting and new, but found it was badly carried out.
I loved the first half of the book, while not being an exceptional read I wanted to read more and was thoroughly invested in the characters. However, the story starts losing focus towards the end and I found the ending tedious and almost ridiculous. The turn of events at the end felt forced and lazy and I felt betrayed for this choice.
The end is lacking also regarding the writing. There are several instances where the author could have simply showed things, but chose to state the obvious on more than one occasion. I condoned this as the main character being a "know-it-all" and taking for stupid her readers. Thus a character flaw. However, this method did not fit well to the end, which is supposed to be action and tense packed, but ended up drowning the story.
I would still be interested in reading the other books if they happen my way.
I loved the first half of the book, while not being an exceptional read I wanted to read more and was thoroughly invested in the characters. However, the story starts losing focus towards the end and I found the ending tedious and almost ridiculous. The turn of events at the end felt forced and lazy and I felt betrayed for this choice.
The end is lacking also regarding the writing. There are several instances where the author could have simply showed things, but chose to state the obvious on more than one occasion. I condoned this as the main character being a "know-it-all" and taking for stupid her readers. Thus a character flaw. However, this method did not fit well to the end, which is supposed to be action and tense packed, but ended up drowning the story.
I would still be interested in reading the other books if they happen my way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Animal death and Miscarriage
caprivoyant's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I didn't fall in love with this book; I didn't have the emotional capacity for that after my most recent beauuuuutiful read (She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore). I'm not committed to reading the rest of the books in its series; that's wasn't the point of this read for me. It was more of a rebound read to get me over the emotional slump ending my relationship with She Would Be King put me in.
I enjoyed this story, though. It was a nice, fantastical read about a girl who dreams outside of gender roles and figures out how to work the system of sexism to be seen in all her intelligent and scrappy glory. It also had a bit of a mystery element in it! And dragons!
As far as rebound books go, this was a great one. 5 dragons, for sure: 🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉 But in the overall scale of bookish awesomeness, I'd give it probably 3.5 stars. 🤷🏻♀️
⚠ CW: mentions of miscarriage and grief, themes of misogyny/sexism, some classism, and animal cruelty in the name of science.
I enjoyed this story, though. It was a nice, fantastical read about a girl who dreams outside of gender roles and figures out how to work the system of sexism to be seen in all her intelligent and scrappy glory. It also had a bit of a mystery element in it! And dragons!
As far as rebound books go, this was a great one. 5 dragons, for sure: 🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉 But in the overall scale of bookish awesomeness, I'd give it probably 3.5 stars. 🤷🏻♀️
⚠ CW: mentions of miscarriage and grief, themes of misogyny/sexism, some classism, and animal cruelty in the name of science.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Minor: Miscarriage and Grief
ellanarose's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, and Misogyny
Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, and Sexual content
herk's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Death
Moderate: Miscarriage
Classism, Pregnancylostandfoundinbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Sexism, and Death
Minor: Miscarriage and Animal cruelty
ailsaod's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book was GREAT! I love it so much even though it made me miserable at the end!. If you like stories about dragons, science and Georgian/Victorian/Edwardian-style fantasy settings then you are in luck my friend! I don't know how else to describe it but it is v v good!
Admittedly the dragons are more on the feral beasts side of the scale but they somewhat mysterious (much in the same way of other apex predators that are only rarely seen) and feel real in their behavior.
Another good thing about this book is the relationship between the main character and her husband. Jacob tries so hard to enable her interests (but is also very much a man of his time) while Isabella is single-handedly causing absolute MAYHEM mostly by accident!
I am very much looking forward to reading the sequels!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Grief
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