pandaaaaa14 's review for:

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

3.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It should not have taken 380 pages (out of 804) for the book to start getting interesting. 
There was a lot of repetitive scenes and arguements, and personally a good 250 pages could've been deleted for it's uselessness. Made the book longer and dragged for no reason. 
I wish there was more time on page with Tanè, she was important to the plot too yet with how little page time she had, it was almost like she was a filler character. Even plain jane Sabran had more pages than her. Tanè is and will forever be that badass bitch, all hail Tanè 🙇🏽‍♀️ 

Also the way the end battle with The Nameless One was given soooooo much hype and how difficult it would be, and then he just ends up being defeated in like 40 pages in the easiest way possible was dumb.

If I rate the characters without giving away anything it would be as so: 
Tanè and Ead - 5*
Meg, Loth and Nicalys - 4*
Sabran - 3*

Kalyba - girlie get a life honestly - 2*
The Nameless One - overhyped and underwhelming, especially because of how easily he was defeated - 1*
Special mentions to daddy Chassar

To conclude, I will not be continuing on the series.