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251 reviews

Die Feder eines Greifs by Cornelia Funke

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.75

I am not so sure about this book...

On one hand, it is very well written (good phrasing, excellent wording, emotions are so well described you can instantly put yourself into Arias position). 
I of course appreciated the queer representation! The foremost reason, together with the beautiful cover, for reading a scatter of light, which was written by a lesbian woman. 
The sapphic, nonbinary, all together queer characters (most of them anyways) are really important and authentic. 

Furthermore, I really enjoyed the ending. My only criticism here's it's just to short in my opinion. 

Anyways, now to the contra:

The cheating was just aweful and destroyed all the great things I already mentioned. I can only speak for myself here, but it gives me a constant queasy feeling in the stomach. This storyline was just so unnecessary. It made a pretty good book into an dislikeable one, where the main characters became uncongenial a lot of the time

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Sexual harassment

Die Verlobten des Winters by Christelle Dabos

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Der Tod kommt leise by Andy Lane

adventurous dark 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? No

2.75

Der Frühling bringt den Tod by Molly Flanaghan

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Vergissmeinnicht - Was bisher verloren war by Kerstin Gier

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Das grüne Königreich by Tammi Ruth Hartung, Cornelia Funke

informative lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

Die Widerspenstigkeit des Glücks by Gabrielle Zevin

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

The Tea Dragon Society Box Set by K. O'Neill

adventurous inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Fathoms of Atonement by Jayessart

4.5