vanthereader 's review for:

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

4.0

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Audiobook listener. The pacing was a bit strange on this one. The fist half of the story skips ahead in time sometimes and after reading, it seems like we’re really trying to skip ahead to get to the main plot. This is not a complaint though because the author did a good job of providing backstories and setting the scene. The latter half of the book put me in the mind of the tv show Charmed, which I’ll likely go back and watch while I’m waiting to read the second book. I’m not sure if this is a tv show or not but it definitely reads like one and kept me wondering what would happen next. At the same time, I was okay with tuning the book out a bit and not too scared to miss some minute detail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol