natatoouuille 's review for:

The Girl Who Dared to Think by Bella Forrest

1.5

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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the world building is really good and it's what initially drew me to read it,  the novel had so much potential with the main plot. but honestly i just hated this book so much. the characters were awful and mostly two dimensional, some of them felt like they were only there for plot convenience purposes and some of the relationships just felt unrealistic. i was not a fan of the romance and the writing is so inexplicably cringe at times it made me close the book for several minutes until i recovered from the absolute ridiculousness of the descriptions or dialogue. although it's YA and i don't expect it to have excessively poetic writing, some of the phrasing is genuinely abysmal