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Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
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? No
5.0
Wow what an amazing book!!🙌🙌
Until you are 15, you will enjoy Alice in wonderland, but after that if you want to enjoy that same fantasy land ( a darker version of it)with twists and turns and adventure etc etc ; this is the book.
When I started reading it until 2nd chapter I was like “what??!! Why do I have to pick random books”😒😒 But before I finished 2nd chapter I was like “wait whaaat??!!” 😁😁🙃🙃
Thanks to social media I came across some really witty, sarcastic, funny posts of Mr Durham, then I found out oh he wrote a book as well? Then I opened Goodreads and search for the reviews of Winterset hollow. Yes I saw the 5 ⭐️ but with it I found his own review on his own book. In my head I felt “ I feel you. I’m definitely going to read this one”, and thank god I did.
What an amazing writing, beautifully narrated each minute details, the thrills, the chills, the buildup, the story —- just bang on ❤️❤️
I’m already putting it in classics shelf.
Oh someone said he wrote long lines which is almost on the verge of the size of half a paragraph— absolutely true. But I didn’t face any challenge for it neither it reduces the joy of reading it.
Until you are 15, you will enjoy Alice in wonderland, but after that if you want to enjoy that same fantasy land ( a darker version of it)with twists and turns and adventure etc etc ; this is the book.
When I started reading it until 2nd chapter I was like “what??!! Why do I have to pick random books”😒😒 But before I finished 2nd chapter I was like “wait whaaat??!!” 😁😁🙃🙃
Thanks to social media I came across some really witty, sarcastic, funny posts of Mr Durham, then I found out oh he wrote a book as well? Then I opened Goodreads and search for the reviews of Winterset hollow. Yes I saw the 5 ⭐️ but with it I found his own review on his own book. In my head I felt “ I feel you. I’m definitely going to read this one”, and thank god I did.
What an amazing writing, beautifully narrated each minute details, the thrills, the chills, the buildup, the story —- just bang on ❤️❤️
I’m already putting it in classics shelf.
Oh someone said he wrote long lines which is almost on the verge of the size of half a paragraph— absolutely true. But I didn’t face any challenge for it neither it reduces the joy of reading it.
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
After completing six of crows I picked it up half heartedly or simply convinced myself to read it as it’s duology not trilogy(as I often find the second books not up to the mark as first ones). Thanks god I read it. Otherwise I would’ve missed the better part.
I gave six of crows 5/5 stars but crooked kingdom deserves 10/5 stars. What a story, what an ending!!
How, like seriously how did u came up with such ideas, such plots, such characters? I wonder if there’s anything any part of these 2 books which is not up to the mark.
I wish I could read all day every day infact through out the day.
The six characters, each one of them are just the best. Initially my sister asked me “so who did you like most?” And I still wonder after reading both the books. How can I love one more than the other, I even liked the side characters as well🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Funny thing is I have a problem of visualising what I’m reading but with these 2 books my habit reached it’s highest. I could see Inej fighting, Nina clenching fists, moving hands in arc, Jess fidgeting, wylan blushing, and boy I can see kazz;umm actually his crow cane and I love it 😍.
This book starts when 5of crows were trying to rescue Inej and within first 20% they did it. I thought what the hell what will happen in the next 80%? Are they going to play this kidnapped and rescued 5 more times😜😜🤣🤣? I was cursing for making it a duology and not a stand alone book. But Leigh seems wiser to do so .. how the hell somebody’s able to put so much adventure in a book? The plannings, the emotions, the character buildings, the execution of plans , the failures and success OMG no one can do a better justice than what’s already there.
Lots and lots of love to u Leigh. Please keep creating magic like this duology
I gave six of crows 5/5 stars but crooked kingdom deserves 10/5 stars. What a story, what an ending!!
How, like seriously how did u came up with such ideas, such plots, such characters? I wonder if there’s anything any part of these 2 books which is not up to the mark.
I wish I could read all day every day infact through out the day.
The six characters, each one of them are just the best. Initially my sister asked me “so who did you like most?” And I still wonder after reading both the books. How can I love one more than the other, I even liked the side characters as well🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Funny thing is I have a problem of visualising what I’m reading but with these 2 books my habit reached it’s highest. I could see Inej fighting, Nina clenching fists, moving hands in arc, Jess fidgeting, wylan blushing, and boy I can see kazz;umm actually his crow cane and I love it 😍.
This book starts when 5of crows were trying to rescue Inej and within first 20% they did it. I thought what the hell what will happen in the next 80%? Are they going to play this kidnapped and rescued 5 more times😜😜🤣🤣? I was cursing for making it a duology and not a stand alone book. But Leigh seems wiser to do so .. how the hell somebody’s able to put so much adventure in a book? The plannings, the emotions, the character buildings, the execution of plans , the failures and success OMG no one can do a better justice than what’s already there.
Lots and lots of love to u Leigh. Please keep creating magic like this duology
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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? No
5.0
The Collective by Alison Gaylin
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
All the characters of The collective collectively plays with my mind. It’s a fiction I know but still there has to be something factual about it. But this story goes on to extremes. Camille is all in one. She is the heartbroken mother who lost her child, full of rage, all of a sudden she was the detective, the justice.
Author certainly missed some pretty scopes this plot had. Some twist, wow moments could have made this book more star worthy.
Anyway it was nice one time quick read for me.
Author certainly missed some pretty scopes this plot had. Some twist, wow moments could have made this book more star worthy.
Anyway it was nice one time quick read for me.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
“The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones” — as mentioned by Tsukiko is so apt for this book. I tend to find the overhyped books quite boring and thus was putting this book on hold for some time. But what a marvellous book it is.
This book took me to its magical journey. It is so well narrated that at times I could see the circus. It made me want to learn reading tarot cards even 🤪.
As if all the characters, the plot, the story “was in the right place at the right time, and they care enough to do what needs to be done; here that’s enough “ rather more than enough.
Magic, mystery, adventure, love how can everything goes this well with each other. The lavish dinners, that strange yet interesting circus every thing was narrated with such minute detail that this book had transported me to its pages, inside its own realm; probably that’s what I loved the most.
This book took me to its magical journey. It is so well narrated that at times I could see the circus. It made me want to learn reading tarot cards even 🤪.
As if all the characters, the plot, the story “was in the right place at the right time, and they care enough to do what needs to be done; here that’s enough “ rather more than enough.
Magic, mystery, adventure, love how can everything goes this well with each other. The lavish dinners, that strange yet interesting circus every thing was narrated with such minute detail that this book had transported me to its pages, inside its own realm; probably that’s what I loved the most.