A review by thebetterstory
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Well, that was glorious and really rather horrible.

I'll agree with the other reviews that well the ending kind of fits, the more you actually think about it the worse it feels for everyone involved, and tonally the cheeriness of it happening is completely off.

That said, if you've ever been the type to enjoy the flavour of darkfic or a certain kind of horror, particularly one about someone slowly being changed by their trials until they come out of it not quite right at the end—or if you've ever thought the words "I love a good yandere"—you could very well end up liking this a lot. Or if you think it might be interesting to watch one girl and one fairy of indifferent gender grimly and pragmatically figure out the best way to slaughter a tower filled with monsters using only the contents of one small living chamber and the friends body parts they find along the way. Really, though, this one's not for children unless they have strong stomachs, humorously censored swear words aside.
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