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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Just not my writing style and couldn’t get in to the story
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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:
No
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-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
Bardugo is a great writer, but I struggled to engage with the main characters.
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
Yes
good premise, badly executed. loved leigh bardugo's grishaverse books and was really excited about this one, but it was not what I expected. the first half of the book is too long and not interesting. story picks up in the second half, but can't save the first half.
will continue to give this author a chance, but the familiar was not it.
will continue to give this author a chance, but the familiar was not it.
dark
fast-paced
Stunningly heterosexual. And somehow made even moreso by the last minute vague gay situationship. The book wanted to be too many things and ended up not being a true tragedy, which is disappointing. In a beautiful world this would've been a tragedy about a toxic relationship between Luiza and Valentina, but alas. I liked reading about the courtly machinations and how Luiza navigated them, but I think this novel would've been stronger just from her POV, that way you don't have any insights she doesn't. Generally a fun read and an interesting premise but never quite came together.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Xenophobia, Antisemitism
There is no tag for warning sexual coercion but the book
is full of it.
dark
mysterious
tense
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