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Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

kailynpreston's review

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5.0

At first I was confused by the three simultaneous plots, but I loved the way they all fit together in the end. There was multiple twists and turns — I never knew where this book was heading next. There are still questions left unanswered. I loved the flaws in these characters, and their interactions with each other. I couldn’t recommend this book enough.

pixiepages's review

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3.0

I thought I was going to love this book but I just couldn’t connect with it. None of the characters drew me in and there were a lot of characters for me to not be able to connect with one of them. I will say the twist at the end of the book I didn't see coming. Her writing and story line are amazing so I'm sad I couldn’t like this book more.

fire_crab's review against another edition

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mysterious

3.5

ifollowedthatrabbit's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad

4.0

missbookiverse's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5

Es beginnt mit dem Verlieren kleiner Dinge wie Haarspangen und Armbändern und steigert sich schnell in Abstrakteres wie Vertrauen und Freundschaft. Aber Olive und Rose finden auch neue Dinge, z.B. die Zwillinge Hazel und Rowan, oder mysteriöse Tagebuchseiten, die das gleiche Verlieren und Finden beschreiben, das Olive und Rose erleben.

Obwohl mir Fowley-Doyles zweites Werk nicht so gut gefallen hat wie ihr [b:The Accident Season|23346358|The Accident Season|Moïra Fowley-Doyle|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1428338423s/23346358.jpg|42905086] Debüt, würde ich es bedenkenlos empfehlen. Einfach weil es eine andere Art von YA ist als die vielen amerikanischen Marktüberschwemmer. Die Atmosphäre ist magischer, das Wetter launischer, die Freundschaften wahrer und die Familien echter. Die europäischen, insbesondere irischen, Wurzeln sind in jedem Kapitel zu spüren. Selbst die Diversity wirkt natürlicher. Die Charaktere sind halt zufällig dunkelhäutig, halb taub oder bisexuell und werden nicht auf diese Eigenschaften reduziert.

Warum es mir trotzdem stellenweise nicht ganz so gut gefallen hat, lag zum einen an meiner Lesestimmung (zu viele Seiten an zu wenig Tagen, also vollkommen unabhängig vom Buch) und zum anderen an den vielen Perspektiven und der Länge. Gerade im letzten Drittel wiederholt sich unnötig viel, das hätte straffer sein können. Erzählt wird aus drei Perspektiven, deren Zusammenhänge sich nach und nach erschließen. Dabei waren mir die Stimmen von Olive und Hazel aber oft zu ähnlich und am meisten interessiert hat mich sowieso Olive. Ich hätte das Buch am liebsten ausschließlich auf sie, ihre Familie und ihre beste Freundin Rose fokussiert gesehen.

Herbstlich, magisch und wieder in Irland geerdet. Moira Fowley-Doyle hat es mit ihren Zaubersprüchen zwar nicht genauso gut hinbekommen wie bei The Accident Season, aber die kleine Familiensaga über verlorene Dinge beschert trotzdem herbstlich-gemütliche Lesestunden.

thebookishunicorn's review against another edition

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4.0

"What will you let go of? What can you not afford to lose? Consider carefully before you cast the calling; it may not be for you to choose. Be careful what you wish for; not all lost things should be found."

A spooky tale set in modern day Ireland, where the magic is real, but what you see may or not be. The blending of the magic with the real world was really well done and had you second guessing everything up until the end.

I did have problems at first keeping all the different characters straight (I believe there were 8 in total) since there were initially 3 different points of views with different people in each one, and sometimes they blended together. But once the story picked up it became easier to tell who was who and I really enjoyed the story.

nomad_wander27's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

filiaregis's review

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adventurous mysterious

4.75

boyeatsgod's review

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5.0

4.5 stars // slightly confusing for a while there (esp towards the end) but once i got 60 pages in i was hooked. i love the writing style so much, the characters are exactly my kinds of characters so it was a joy to read abt their lives intertwining this way and that. the ending as i mentioned got a bit convoluted with all the reveals but i can’t say i expected most of it so kudos to the unpredictability of it all, that’s always good.

major pluses for me were the whole witchy autumn mists and forests vibes (My Realm), the friendships and the queer representation!!! i usually am not that interested in the romances whenever i read books but these got me smiling and feeling the fuzzies.

moira fowley-doyle is now a must buy author for sure.

tschonfeld's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

This was creative and engaging, but I kept getting confused about who was whom - which was partly the point and partly not. I’d read another by this author.