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Dief van de nacht by Holly Black

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catbookpurr's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

yazgbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

"Do you think the stars have shadows?" I guess if there's some brighter star."

This was surprisingly really good. This was our book clubs BOTM for January, I found it on a forum when I typed in "easy, fast paced fantasy reads. So, I didn't know much about this book and sort of went in completely blind. I am glad I did. It was great! It was amazing! I really, really loved it.

"She was a poisoned well of a girl."

The .25 has been taken off due to the book being quite predictable. Otherwise, fully 5 star read. other readers too. I don't know if this is just me, or if it has been the same However, I guess plot twists way before they come. This one, guessed on page 153, Chapter 18. I Everything else in the book, I also predicted. Don't get me wrong, it was great and such a fun read. I do wish that it wasn't as predictable as it was so I could just enjoy it that much more. (Though, guessing is part of the fun and I did get many other little things wrong.)

'Trauma is more than pain.'

Overall, I could relate a lot to Charlie and the emotions and feelings that she feels. From a young age into early adulthood. Her trauma was very relatable, and also her strength. I also annotated the heck out of this one. It really brought out so many feelings and so many thoughts. And there were also so many times I actually did laugh out loud. Going through my notes there are many "lol"s & "WHAT?!?!?!"s & also "Oh Sh!t"s. 'His desire was raw-edged, vulnerable. As though he'd shown her something true about himself for the first time. If you like magic, tarot cards, crystals, hoodoo voodoo, anda all that. Definitely read this book. It's way there for me as a witch anyway. I felt like I was actually reading about things that happen in our world. Not in a fictional realm. However, the more I think about the ending the more I need book two to hurry up. Please Holly, we are dying out here! I can't wait to meet up with the girlies in my book club and talk about how this really made me feel

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3.0

I was so confused, not about the fact that I liked it just overall all the time while reading, for reason I had a hard time remembering the names of the characters?? So that didn’t help on the confusing on the world in general!
But really liked Charlie!

svenjalux's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

afryemajor's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I enjoyed the book overall. The book was pretty slow at times and i think the author did more telling than showing, but the author still kept my interest for the most part.