15.9k reviews for:

A Study in Drowning

Ava Reid

3.86 AVERAGE

sarahvargas's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sydnie_edmonds's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

otter_nonsense's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

gappy_lady's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

beaq's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

meg_lowde's review against another edition

4.0

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Such beautiful writing, and I found the characters and the world so compelling. This is definitely a slower read and I can understand why someone might not like it, especially if they were not as drawn in by the prose or Effy as I was. She was flawed for sure, but no less compelling because of it. The ending was a little bit lacklustre to me, especially because of all the build up with the Fairy King, but I still very much enjoyed this read. 

thebookishhalfling's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious

davisa54's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a tougher read for me. I really struggled to get into it which was odd for me because I love this style of fantasy usually. Once I got about halfway through it started picking up for me and I was able to dive a little deeper into the story. 

Overall it’s a good story with bits of academia, Fae and mysterious myths sprinkled throughout a story of a woman finding her voice and place in a world bent on keeping her in a box enforced by men of all sorts. I’m going to pick up the second book and look forward to getting to know Effy and Preston more.

preslava_lava's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

smileytaehyunie's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark sad 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: Yes

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I really loved the writing and thinking and the creativity, the characters were really lovable and I just loved the tension between the main characters