genhol 's review for:

Julia by Sandra Newman

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I loved this retelling and loved that it gave Julia so much more dimension. Maybe was a little slow to begin with but once past that I was very invested. I felt the ending was apt and definitely an excellent callback to the end of the original.