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The Fifth Horseman by Freida Kilmari

rachel9932's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

mialilli's review against another edition

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3.0

i’m very conflicted on how i feel about this book. do i think it was bad? no, absolutely not. do i think it was incredible? also no. (i’m not structuring this properly just thought-dumping).
this was an interesting experience to say the least. the plot is good. the characters are fine, if a little annoying and immature. the writing was.. not as good as you’d expect for a book like this. i don’t know how to describe it other than “juvenile”, it got better towards the end i think, (or maybe i just got used to it), but for the first 60/70% it was very juvenile/simple.
this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it makes for an easy read and as someone who’s trying to read their way out of a slump that was a good thing.. but for a book like this, with this premise and the nsfw aspects, you’d except something a little more “put together”?
i also thought it was a little annoying how “in-her-head” the main character was about Everything, and some of the world-building felt a little forced/like an info-dump but that’s probably just a preference/perspective.
this book does genuinely have a good plot and a lot of really interesting points and characters development but the writing and immaturity of some of the characters kind of put me off? i didn’t see myself reading the rest of the series until the last 20%(ish) and even now, even though i really want to know what happens and how the characters’ relationships progress i don’t know if i can commit myself to another three books.

raaberwocky's review against another edition

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Don’t enjoy the writing style 

reese_brunette's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

coralcrab77's review

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poor writing and editing, I couldn't get into the story

beela's review

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just not a book I liked

katie_713's review against another edition

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slow-paced

2.0

anotherhalima's review against another edition

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i think there was a way that this story could’ve been delivered thats shorter straightforward and less slow. i didn’t need to be there every single time the main character had a mental breakdown. also why did all of this happen in month? shes spiralling about her feelings for these ppl week one? girl may be worry about idk adjusting to your circumstance?

i think the concept is cool. the characters are okay. very frustrating and go in circle but generally they are okay. the world building happens through convo which i don’t like. i still have no answers which is why i’m cont.

i’ll start on book to see if i’m still feeling it.

starswirly's review

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adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

camisolerojas's review against another edition

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

3.25