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nicolealycia 's review for:
When Among Crows
by Veronica Roth
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-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:
Complicated
3.75/5 🌟
A modern fairytale inspired by Slavic folklore, following Dymitr, a hunter with a perilous mission, and Ala, a fear-eating zmora cursed to die. Together, they embark on a quest to find the legendary witch Baba Jaga, navigating a magical underworld in Chicago.
This was super interesting because it had a lot of Polish folklore involved in it and, as someone who’s half Polish, I love learning about cultural myths and legends. I didn’t know anything about this going in and was super excited to find out it was based on Polish culture.
I will say I was a little confused at the start of the book… I wasn’t really sure what was going on and what the whole premise of the book was going to be. It took a little bit for me to get into it and that’s not great when you’re reading a book under 200 pages. I did end up enjoying the rest of the story once I got my bearings and figured out more of what was going on though and it was a solid, quick read!
A modern fairytale inspired by Slavic folklore, following Dymitr, a hunter with a perilous mission, and Ala, a fear-eating zmora cursed to die. Together, they embark on a quest to find the legendary witch Baba Jaga, navigating a magical underworld in Chicago.
This was super interesting because it had a lot of Polish folklore involved in it and, as someone who’s half Polish, I love learning about cultural myths and legends. I didn’t know anything about this going in and was super excited to find out it was based on Polish culture.
I will say I was a little confused at the start of the book… I wasn’t really sure what was going on and what the whole premise of the book was going to be. It took a little bit for me to get into it and that’s not great when you’re reading a book under 200 pages. I did end up enjoying the rest of the story once I got my bearings and figured out more of what was going on though and it was a solid, quick read!