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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
adventurous
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really wanted this to work for me. V.E. Schwab is an author I really want to love. I can tell she is writing books for me. The characters here just feel dated and a little empty and I am such a character driven reader!
I didn’t have this problem in the previous Schwab books I’ve read. Despite any complaints, I was always invested the main character. I guess that is kinda true here. I liked Kell the most. Lila, however… major disappointment. The most not-like-other-girls girl to ever not be like other girls. 🙄 This trope is so dated now, writers loose points for me when they employ it. It’s not a flex to not get along with other women. (I suspect/hope Schwab has outgrown this as a writer considering her most recent book, Bury Our Bones. )
I didn’t have this problem in the previous Schwab books I’ve read. Despite any complaints, I was always invested the main character. I guess that is kinda true here. I liked Kell the most. Lila, however… major disappointment. The most not-like-other-girls girl to ever not be like other girls. 🙄 This trope is so dated now, writers loose points for me when they employ it. It’s not a flex to not get along with other women. (I suspect/hope Schwab has outgrown this as a writer considering her most recent book, Bury Our Bones. )
adventurous
dark
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Reread August 2023
Still obsessed!!!
First read 2018
I have found a new favorite!
THIS WAS AMAZING HOLY FUCKING COW IM OBSESSED WITH THIS! Can I just give it like a million stars?
I flew through this. I never wanted to put it down. I just can’t with how much I’m in love with this. The characters. The world. The Magic. Kell’s awesome coat. I can continue on forever!
This is my first V. E. Schwab book and I now want to read everything she writes! I’m ready to just binge read the rest of this trilogy.
I can’t get over the world that she created. It is just too amazing and I’m obsessed. There’s points where I was just like WHAT? How could you do that to my beloved characters! But you just want to see how they get out of it all. It’s such a crazy world of different London’s!
“There’s Dull London, Kell London, Creepy London, and Dead London”
I can’t wait to read book two. I need to see what happens next with Lila trying to find herself and what new shenanigans they all get themselves into!
Still obsessed!!!
First read 2018
I have found a new favorite!
THIS WAS AMAZING HOLY FUCKING COW IM OBSESSED WITH THIS! Can I just give it like a million stars?
I flew through this. I never wanted to put it down. I just can’t with how much I’m in love with this. The characters. The world. The Magic. Kell’s awesome coat. I can continue on forever!
This is my first V. E. Schwab book and I now want to read everything she writes! I’m ready to just binge read the rest of this trilogy.
I can’t get over the world that she created. It is just too amazing and I’m obsessed. There’s points where I was just like WHAT? How could you do that to my beloved characters! But you just want to see how they get out of it all. It’s such a crazy world of different London’s!
“There’s Dull London, Kell London, Creepy London, and Dead London”
I can’t wait to read book two. I need to see what happens next with Lila trying to find herself and what new shenanigans they all get themselves into!
Pretty good, definitely 4 stars, for some reason can't bring myself to say 5 but also don't have a good reason why not.
4.6 stars
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was truly darker magic than I’m used to. The evil trying to win stressed me out sometimes. However it was interesting to read, and I can’t wait to read the next one, as well as more of VE Schwab’s books.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No