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A review by lilly_white
Book of Night by Holly Black
4.0
I'm still digesting the entirety of the book and am at a loss of words when thinking about rating it.
Charlie Hall is probably one of my most difficult female MCs to rate this year - She's an absolute mess of a woman, always at the brink of making bad life altering decisions, wholly whacked upbringing and childhood and overall a character that seems the least put together and always a breath away of loosing control of her life. Do I like her? Not really. Was she incredibly well written to pluck at my distaste buds? Definitely!
I've come to appreciate FMC that are not easily connected with more with time, because it shows the class of an author to pull something like that off.
Now, the story in itself was very interesting.
The shadow magic system with its benefits and limits was very intriguing, especially combined with a mess of a woman who happens to be a thief especialized in stealing relics of shadow magic. I got hooked between trying hard not to watch this woman's life fall apart, a heist she has to do in the midst of it, the mysterious side characters and her own strange but fulfilling development as a character.
Charlie Hall is probably one of my most difficult female MCs to rate this year - She's an absolute mess of a woman, always at the brink of making bad life altering decisions, wholly whacked upbringing and childhood and overall a character that seems the least put together and always a breath away of loosing control of her life. Do I like her? Not really. Was she incredibly well written to pluck at my distaste buds? Definitely!
I've come to appreciate FMC that are not easily connected with more with time, because it shows the class of an author to pull something like that off.
Now, the story in itself was very interesting.
The shadow magic system with its benefits and limits was very intriguing, especially combined with a mess of a woman who happens to be a thief especialized in stealing relics of shadow magic. I got hooked between trying hard not to watch this woman's life fall apart, a heist she has to do in the midst of it, the mysterious side characters and her own strange but fulfilling development as a character.