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A review by kensuds
Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang
3.0
(Rating, 3.75 stars)
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Tillie is absolutely clever and courious. It's pulled off rather well, to where it displays her growing a backbone and using her curiosity to her advantage as she investigates vampire-related murders. At first I was worried she was a bit "Mary Sue"-ish, but her character develops through the book in a fairly realistic way.
The writing is also very nice, I found myself thoroughly hooked and I was able to digest the book in small pieces.
I feel like the book's "bad guy revelation" was rushed in the last, like, 5% of the book, which I never really enjoy, and the book ended with a letter talking about where everyone is and all, which I found to be unsatisfactory.
All in all, I say pick up the book and give it a go.
Oh, and James needs to be punched. The end.
Did someone say an unconventional Victorian teenage girl who's not an absolute Mary Sue?? Sign me up!
Tillie is absolutely clever and courious. It's pulled off rather well, to where it displays her growing a backbone and using her curiosity to her advantage as she investigates vampire-related murders. At first I was worried she was a bit "Mary Sue"-ish, but her character develops through the book in a fairly realistic way.
The writing is also very nice, I found myself thoroughly hooked and I was able to digest the book in small pieces.
I feel like the book's "bad guy revelation" was rushed in the last, like, 5% of the book, which I never really enjoy, and the book ended with a letter talking about where everyone is and all, which I found to be unsatisfactory.
All in all, I say pick up the book and give it a go.
Oh, and James needs to be punched. The end.