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Where Black Stars Rise by Nadia Shammas, Marie Enger

anyepagan's review

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challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

nightlight_reader's review

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emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ericarf's review

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adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

aceinit's review

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2.0

I was not aware there was source material I needed to be familiar with to really "get" this one. As such, it started off very promising, and then got incomprehensible real fast. Which I guess is part of the point when dealing with a schizophrenia-based story that also has Eldrich overtones. But I still feel way more lost than I should be.

l1ndz7's review

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3.0

This was so bizarre and didn’t go in the direction I thought it would. Apparently it’s a retelling of The Yellow King which I’m not familiar with but feel like if I read it would make this story make sense. Added it to my tbr, maybe will reread this after. 

drudeger's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


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0ri's review

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adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

jemimaalice's review

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dark emotional fast-paced

3.5

ratcousin's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-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

3.75

conjuredsoul00's review

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dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0