tilo's reviews
51 reviews

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What an amazing and breathtaking conclusion to this trilogy! The way how everything ties together is incredible and it truly is a masterfully crafted story from start to finish.
Personally, I had an involuntary reading break towards the finale of the book and even though I had to recollect my memories about certain parts to get back into (which has absolutely nothing to do with he book), the ending still impacted me heavily.
I am very eager to read more stories of this universe and how the last mysteries unanswered will provide for the other Mistborn books.

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22 Bahnen by Caroline Wahl

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emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Die große Stärke des Buches sind die Charaktere und dass man ein großes Interesse daran hat zu erfahren, wie es mit ihnen weitergeht. An einigen Stellen wirkt die Geschichte jedoch nicht ganz ausgereift und das Ende ist vielleicht sogar ein kleines bisschen problematisch.

Die Darstellung, dass Tilda ihre Mutter küsst und damit dann alles okay zu sein scheint, finde ich etwas schwierig.

Nichtsdestotrotz ein starkes Debüt, inbesondere durch den einzigartigen Schreibstil.
Ich werde das Buch unterrichten. :-)

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Over the Garden Wall Original Graphic Novel: Circus Friends by Jonathan Case, Pat McHale

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Great volume! I enjoyed the story and the atmosphere. It had everything you'd expect from OTGW.
The drawings of the maze scene made that particular part so intense!! Loved it!

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Over the Garden Wall: Benevolent Sisters of Charity Ogn by Sam Johns

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Loved it as usual! I just have a little trouble

with the way that Wirt's need for a self care moment is portrayed as him being selfish.

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Die kleine Hexe by Otfried Preußler

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adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Sehr schöne Erzählung mit vielen lustigen Geschichten und tollen Charakteren. Die Hörbuchfassung gelesen von Lina Beckmann ist großartig und die Stimmen für die einzelnen Figuren haben den Text sympathisch aufleben lassen. :-)

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The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am unsure if I have ever experienced a book like this one, where with every new chapter a new information is dropped that almost always completely twists one of the many exciting narratives. From the first page on, I was surprised and as it kept going I could not fathom all the plottwists coming. And none of them seemed over the top nor misplaced, as the world, its history and its characters, whom I am attached to deeply now, are so well construed that it read so fluently.
Not to mention, the amazing and captivating writing style!
Due to the ending, I am both extremely curious and mortified to find out what is waiting in Book Three.

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The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was my first book by Brandon Sanderson and I understand the praise. The magic system is fascinating and I love that you do not only learn along with the protagonist(s) but discover that there are many mysteries revolving around it that even the characters have not figured out yet. Every storyline is intriguing and by the end, when all of them came together, the plottwists - some of them excruciatingly casually dropped (in a good way) - had me audibly gasping. The plot unfolds in such a clever and seamless way - truly inspiring for my own creative writing!
I enjoyed the characters. For a good first part of the novel, I found them not very likeable (which is not something I need in a novel, anyway) but that made them seem more real and complex. From the first page, I wanted to learn more about them and became very attached to their plans and hopes.
The ending finished the main story line of the book but kept so many mysteries open and introduced new problems that I cannot wait to read more about in the second novel.

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