3.66 AVERAGE

olavihorsma's review

3.5
dark 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'm starting to think SMG is hit or miss with me. This one seemed sub par for her.

This almost read like a screenplay, but it took really long to have much of a payoff. 

The prose is direct and repetitive, and I started to like it more once I thought of it as a screenplay-turned-novel and how cool an idea that could be. I liked so much about the book in theory — characters are interesting, setting and time are really well-written, the premise is cool — but ultimately it just took too long to get anywhere and everything felt so...literal.

I’d read more by the author though, just didn’t like this completed package.
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kate_shanks's review

4.0
adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Probably my favourite of Moreno-Garcia’s books
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

iekanayake's review

3.5
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
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tranquilpetrichor's review

2.5
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Started out really hopeful, not a lot of suspense and a lackluster ending 
challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes