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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Anne Rice you are so crazy for this…. Lestat apparently they can make me love you……
The beginning and ending were a very strong 5⭐️ vibe. The middle portion at times had pacing issues, but I felt like Anne’s incorporation of history was very very interesting, and I can’t WAIT to see how to show retells this book oh my GODDDDDD.
I can’t bring myself to give this book 5⭐️ though I loved it. Anne simply writes very questionable things at times. Her obsession with incestuous erotic undertones is so weird and bizarre, & this book definitely falls into some questionably orientalist tropes at times & I’m very interested to see how the show will handle this.
The beginning and ending were a very strong 5⭐️ vibe. The middle portion at times had pacing issues, but I felt like Anne’s incorporation of history was very very interesting, and I can’t WAIT to see how to show retells this book oh my GODDDDDD.
I can’t bring myself to give this book 5⭐️ though I loved it. Anne simply writes very questionable things at times. Her obsession with incestuous erotic undertones is so weird and bizarre, & this book definitely falls into some questionably orientalist tropes at times & I’m very interested to see how the show will handle this.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
A visceral firsthand account of growing up in Occupied Palestine, the treatment of Palestinians by the IDF, & the accounts of time spent in Israeli prison. Such an important read that I wish more people knew about
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
This was a really cute premise that was definitely reminiscent of like Alice in Wonderland/Narnia/Ready Player 1/Stranger Things, but I wish the fantasy elements felt more true to the 90’s dark fantasy aesthetic, & honestly I wish this book had horror elements to it as well. The first half of this was cute & good, but the second half really dragged & I feel like in the end nothing really happened?
I have been so excited for this book for so long and unfortunately the English translation is just not clicking in my brain. I’m actually devastated and wish I spoke the original language because this book seems really good
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
That ending was actually bonkers wow
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The book was the Mulan retelling romantasy with a unique and sick elemental magic system of my dreams….
I haven’t been so enveloped by a fantasy romance in a really long time. This ATE & left NO CRUMBS!!!!! This book perfectly balanced the worldbuilding, magic system, plot, high stakes, pacing, and romance & I am truly speechless.
I binged this entire book pretty much in 24 hours (almost) & I am in love….. I need everyone to read this book. I also desperately need more Meilin
I haven’t been so enveloped by a fantasy romance in a really long time. This ATE & left NO CRUMBS!!!!! This book perfectly balanced the worldbuilding, magic system, plot, high stakes, pacing, and romance & I am truly speechless.
I binged this entire book pretty much in 24 hours (almost) & I am in love….. I need everyone to read this book. I also desperately need more Meilin
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
I don’t feel like i read the same book as y’all and I am so deeply confused……
Positives:
- I wholeheartedly do love these characters and their dynamics with each other and they are the only reason I finished this book. A part of me wanted to rate this 3⭐️ for how much I love them, but I disliked so much more I couldn’t overlook it.
- I need to see more of Alucard & Rhy & Lila & Kell
Negatives:
- the first 300 pages could have easily been cut down to maybe 100 pages, it felt almost completely redundant. Literally nothing happened apart from introducing Alucard into the mix & yapping about this competition that then the competition only being like maybe 50-100 pages in this book?? Basically, the pacing was a mess.
- the plot? Also felt so random?? And this is a controversial statement, but Lila joining the competition felt out of character to me. This first book establishes her as this roguish thieving individualistic/kinda selfish morally grey character, & i get the whole wanting to prove herself thing to a point, but when you really think about it, literally what is in for her?? I don’t really get why Kell was in the competition either tbh.
- the magic system felt super disjointed from the first book to this one to me as well, and I was quite confused by it?
I am so flabbergasted by how much I truly did not like this book. I love V. E. Schwab, & literally all of my friends and mutuals have rated this book 5-4⭐️ for the most part, & for many it’s their favourite book/fantasy trilogy & I am…. Lost
Book one felt like a really good set up to this world & these characters, and this book just felt so off to me. I’m so torn on if I even want to finish this trilogy at all. I really do love the characters and want to know how their story ends, but I know the third book is even longer & many say this one is the best of the three…. Idk if I can do it y’all…. We shall see
Positives:
- I wholeheartedly do love these characters and their dynamics with each other and they are the only reason I finished this book. A part of me wanted to rate this 3⭐️ for how much I love them, but I disliked so much more I couldn’t overlook it.
- I need to see more of Alucard & Rhy & Lila & Kell
Negatives:
- the first 300 pages could have easily been cut down to maybe 100 pages, it felt almost completely redundant. Literally nothing happened apart from introducing Alucard into the mix & yapping about this competition that then the competition only being like maybe 50-100 pages in this book?? Basically, the pacing was a mess.
- the plot? Also felt so random?? And this is a controversial statement, but Lila joining the competition felt out of character to me. This first book establishes her as this roguish thieving individualistic/kinda selfish morally grey character, & i get the whole wanting to prove herself thing to a point, but when you really think about it, literally what is in for her?? I don’t really get why Kell was in the competition either tbh.
- the magic system felt super disjointed from the first book to this one to me as well, and I was quite confused by it?
I am so flabbergasted by how much I truly did not like this book. I love V. E. Schwab, & literally all of my friends and mutuals have rated this book 5-4⭐️ for the most part, & for many it’s their favourite book/fantasy trilogy & I am…. Lost
Book one felt like a really good set up to this world & these characters, and this book just felt so off to me. I’m so torn on if I even want to finish this trilogy at all. I really do love the characters and want to know how their story ends, but I know the third book is even longer & many say this one is the best of the three…. Idk if I can do it y’all…. We shall see
fast-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
These books are wild lol
These books are wild lol
To be super duper real I am so bored & not vibing, I’m gonna watch Hannibal & see if that makes me want to revisit this