mishmashedmagic's Reviews (323)

Waking Gods

Sylvain Neuvel

4.75

The Magicians

Lev Grossman

4.5

Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

4.25

Sleeping Giants

Sylvain Neuvel

5.0

When No One Is Watching

Alyssa Cole

4.0

The Ravens

Kass Morgan, Danielle Paige

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this book until about 80%. After that it felt really predictable and disappointing. This book largely revolves around the miscommunication trope and I feel like so much conflict could have been avoided if characters actually explained things instead of talking vaguely. Overall still a fun book though.

Fever Dream

Samanta Schweblin

4.25

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

House of Earth and Blood

Sarah J. Maas

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The last 20% of this book made the long read worth it.

Randomize

Andy Weir

3.5

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Horrid

Katrina Leno

4.25

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes