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Izruvana

Naomi Novik

4.01 AVERAGE

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Dark fairytale vibe. Strong women characters and great villain. Lovely writing style. Not a romance book. A book I can reread.
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Loved this. Dark fantasy, strong female protagonist. Just enough romance to add a touch of spice but the focus was on plot, development, and BADASS FEMALE FRIENDSHIP. I cried at one point. So good. The end got a little confusing but beyond that no notes. 

I like it. The book is pretty much exactly what it promises to be if you read the back. An easy to read high fantasy with threads of love, magic, and pain. It feels familiar without giving away the ending, but I felt like some parts maybe could have been afforded a bit more back story.

Review to come.

The beginning of the story was fantasy with not much harm and I was beginning to enjoy it then things got scary and creepy all the sudden with the Woods. The middle of the story I didn’t enjoy much especially the capital and all politics. The way it became clearer and clearer with the Woods revealing its traps was really gave me a chill. I really like that the wood queen is not the cause of the bad but there’s the story behind it.

Bring on the flames, fellow reviewers. I just didn't like it much.

I enjoyed the first half--the parts I recognized from my first attempt at reading this a few years ago. Then I just couldn't follow along. I drifted off more times than I care to admit.

This is the book that convinced me once and for all that action/fight scenes bore me more than anything else. Oops.

Additionally, this is the worst audio book I've ever listened to. I decided to push through, but no amount of speeding up the reading made it easier to finish. Awkward and disjointed the entire time. Honestly, it was like listening to a woman doing an impression of William Shatner with a Russian accent.
adventurous reflective tense
adventurous hopeful 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
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes