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Os nossos eternos destinos by Laura Steven

86 reviews

juliettefuji's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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ashlynreads16's review against another edition

5.0

reflective 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

This book had me sobbing by the end. It was so beautifully written

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ought_not_read's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad 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: Complicated

Beautifully heartbreaking. Some of the best Prose I've read in a while, but a gut punch of a book.

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tonithetigerlily's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a twisty fun one. The idea of soul mates that come together again and again. The push and pull of fear and love. I also enjoyed the touch on non-binary experiences, and the endurance of hope.

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loribreereads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Fantasy is not my typical genre, but when I saw this one compared to Addie LaRue...I took a chance. I'm SO happy I did because I loved this book! This book had my heart and I could NOT put it down. And oh, that ending!! I could not read the words fast enough to see how it all happened. If you loved Addie LaRue, definitely give this one a try!

"The Evelyn I know...they love over and over and over again, even though it can only ever end in tragedy. Even though they've lost everyone they've ever loved, and they miss them in the next life, and the next, and the next...They love softly, and fiercely, and openly, and it's the bravest thing I know."

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reading_in_genes's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I would have liked a little more depth to the two main characters relationship. It often felt repetitive at times without much clarity on the direction the book was going. That is, until closer to the end when the climax was reached. I wish I had felt more emotion from the characters in the way of the writing instead of being told their emotions through the author themselves.

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sharonbooks's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed the book. It was very fast paced and there was a build up with every chapter. I think the writing was so good and made you truly feel a connection of sorts with death.

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kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sigh. what a repetitive, plodding mess of a book

how did they manage to make reincarnation with a side of mutual murder deeply uninteresting after the first 3 times it was explained. this book is very much in the running for squandered premise of the year, neck and neck with Blob

the numerous flashbacks felt like a low-budget music video. oh look, we’re in Paris with baguettes! Now we’re in China with concubines!!! Next, the desert with camels~ When the author mentioned Pompeii as an aside I actually snorted out loud. It felt like fucking Disney Channel Pass the Plate except someone got stabbed at every cheesy location. most of the flashbacks could’ve been a recap in the present; many of them in the middle felt like fluff to try and add dimension— they didn’t reveal anything new about Arden or the reasoning

the drawn-out“reveal” was like a soggy firework- i expected something really interesting and just got a bit of smoke and even more disappointment. very handwavy hellscape with demon deals- it felt like a scrapped teen wolf episode. the “solution” even more so

i felt absolutely nothing for any of the characters because we didn’t really know them- every 5 pages they were kind then cold then loving then hateful then smart then dumb then sad then laughing. It was hard to root for Evelyn or Arden because they were such cardboard people with “many lives” as an excuse for not being fleshed out. the villain was just… a random creature… this story feels unfinished or rushed or something… like where is the rest of the char dev or magic system building

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