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Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

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tisjenna's review

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dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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lahars_little_library's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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withloveandlights's review against another edition

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The first part of this novella really focuses on parents who became parents for the wrong reasons and their children suffering the consequences of that decision. Hits way too close to home and I assume this would have further implications based off of their interactions within the Moors. Didn’t want to stick around to find out.

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theeladyking's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I went into this book only knowing what the very beginning and the very end would be, with some vague ideas about the directions the characters would go in. Basically I knew what you would know if you've read the first book in this series (which I HIGHLY recommend doing before reading this one). I think that's the best way to experience it, so all I'm going to say here is that this book hurt me deeply and I'm a bit disturbed now by the fact I relate so well to Jack.

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tayleigh's review

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4.0

This was Jack and Jill’s prequel story prior to the events in book one. We follow their heart breaking childhood and what drew them to a portal world to begin with. Once in the world they follow very different paths in the world each finding out the beauty and brutality of the Moors a world full of violence, vampires, werewolves and sea monsters. They each grow up and we follow their lives until they point where they come back to Earth before getting shipped to the school.

I immediately opened book 3 when I closed this book. Upon more reflection I may have to bump up my rating.

TW: Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Grooming, Murder

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nerdysread's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Préféré au premier. Jack et Jill etaient deux persos qui m'intriguaient beaucoup alors forcement un livre avec elle j'allais pas dire non. Et franchement j'adore. Si tous les livres ont une qualité superieure au précédent ça va vite devenir ma série fav

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