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A review by booksandbarbara
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Unfortunately, this was a little disappointing for me. But let's start off this review with what I did like.
It started off great, with this eerie and silent unsettling atmosphere, and I quite enjoyed the folklore and superstitions that were created. They were all really quite interesting. The characters were fun, too. We have our much loved regulars from the previous book and new additions that melded well with the storyline that lay ahead.
But, (I know, the dreaded but), the pacing was too slow for me, I was waiting for something to happen, some big explosion of discovery or something, but when things did happen, it felt rather lacklustre. I found myself taking an age to read this short book and being quite bored.
This could just be because I wasn't in the right frame of mind or just vibing with the book at the time. Who knows, maybe a reread in the future might change my mind. I feel that with more working upon this, it could have become a great sequel, but for now, it was sadly a bit of a miss for me.
It started off great, with this eerie and silent unsettling atmosphere, and I quite enjoyed the folklore and superstitions that were created. They were all really quite interesting. The characters were fun, too. We have our much loved regulars from the previous book and new additions that melded well with the storyline that lay ahead.
But, (I know, the dreaded but), the pacing was too slow for me, I was waiting for something to happen, some big explosion of discovery or something, but when things did happen, it felt rather lacklustre. I found myself taking an age to read this short book and being quite bored.
This could just be because I wasn't in the right frame of mind or just vibing with the book at the time. Who knows, maybe a reread in the future might change my mind. I feel that with more working upon this, it could have become a great sequel, but for now, it was sadly a bit of a miss for me.