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En blanco by Coloma Fernández Armero

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

Me gustó mucho.
Un libro cortito y sin rellenos, muy rápido de leer y con un final genial.

La serpiente y las alas de la noche by Carissa Broadbent

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

No disfruté este libro para nada.
Parecía que iba a ser una historia emocionante de supervivencia, pero se quedó muy lejos de serlo.
La trama se hacía repetitiva con tantas pruebas en las que la acción era muy parecida. Los personajes eran planos y tenían un plot armor demasiado evidente. No hubo mucho desarrollo del mundo, por lo que tampoco resultaba interesante la trama “política” que ocurría en paralelo a la historia principal.
Le sobraban al menos la mitad de páginas y le faltaba personalidad.
Lo mejor, las últimas 40 páginas del libro, donde la acción cambia al fin, un personaje se vuelve interesante y la trama da un giro inesperado.
Aunque el final fue interesante, me ahorraré continuar la saga.

Mathilda by Mary Shelley

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

This was my first time reading Mary Shelley and I loved her writing.
Mathilda deals with hard subjects such as grief, depression, incest and suicide. It’s a very dark and gothic story, but still romantic about some of those subjects. Mary Shelley’s lines are so poetic while at the same time portraying Mathilda’s suffering as so fatal, that the ending felt like a big -inevitable- relief.

I think the part where Mathilda proposes that she and Woodville commit suicide together was the best, it puts both characters’ views on display on both life and death, and both are defended so beautifully

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Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

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4.75

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I read the Six of crows duology expecting it to be good, and it did not disappoint.

Leigh Bardugo did many great things with these books: the plot is interesting, with high stakes and perfect pacing; the characters are well rounded, their voices different from one another, and we get everything, ranging from sunshine to deadly. The world and the magic and the politics all fit together so perfectly.

This is the kind of story that makes you want to know more after the books are finished, just to stay a little longer in their world.

I loved this book better than Crooked kingdom, but they are both perfect and already favorites.

Gideon la Novena by Tamsyn Muir

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adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book is completely different from anything I’ve ever read, and I loved it. It’s definitely a “trust the process” kind of read.

The action starts on page 1 and you’re thrown into a unique world with complex magic, a long history and political intrigues, and you barely learn anything about any of those points until well into the second half. For the first 300 pages you’ll wonder what is going on, thinking you missed some important background information along the way, but it will make you laugh and the intrigue and deaths will keep you going until you finally get a perfectly crafted picture.
That was my experience at least. The first half I was completely clueless about what was going on, but I was interested just enough to keep reading, and it was so rewarding by the end. I definitely didn’t even consider picking up the second book until the last 100 or so pages. Now I need more.

The story is so good, beautifully written, sometimes a bit too explicit and gory, but so well done.
The characters are great. Loved Gideon and Harrow, both on their own and together, their push and pull dynamic, their enemies to whatever journey, their humor!

Their ill-fated conclusion! Love love love dramatic, plot-pivotal, selfless acts of sacrifice. Though would have loved more Gideon in the following book…

Loved the characters from the other houses as well, specially Palamedes and his nerd face-offs with Harrow.

I feel like I need a second read to really appreciate the side characters and the dynamic between houses, but with just the first I loved it. Can’t wait to pick up Harrow the Ninth.

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