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Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

14 reviews

issyharvey's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

Feminist, fairytale retelling with sapphic representation and chosen family? Could not ask for more.

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hue's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

Slightly repetitive, overexplained, and the word choices weren't always the best. The story seemed to drag on when it really had no need to.

However, I did like the focus on the stepmother - stepdaughter relationship, and how the story revolved mostly around them and their ~magically created~ hearts. I enjoyed both POVs, especially Mina's leading up to her becoming Queen.

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venetiana's review against another edition

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Not as gripping as the first book (which i LOVED!!), unfortunately. Maybe I'll go back to it at a different time!

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ramunepocky's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

I liked this book a lot and it was a really interesting and different spin on the classic Snow White fairytale. I loved how the title came into play and that both of the perspectives were, in some way, made of Snow and Glass. I enjoyed getting to see both Mina and Lynet’s perspectives, especially how we started with Mina 18 years prior so we could see her back when she lived in the sun and before/as she learned that her heart was made of glass, it made it all the more heartbreaking when she thought that she was incapable of love and incapable of being love, esp when mirrored with Lynet’s chapters where we can see how much Lynet cares for and admires Mina, and how it affected Mina when Lynet learned that she (Lynet) was made from snow and blood to give her life. I also really loved the sweet sapphic relationship between Lynet and Nadia, I loved that Nadia hadn’t rlly set out with the intention to befriend and fall for Lynet as she’d had ulterior motives in getting to know her, but threw that into the wind when she got to know her. I feel like there was a slightly pointless plot line where Lynet ran away to the South and encountered the Magician and then returning again, but alas, what can you do, IG it was important for Lynet’s understanding of what was happening and the decisions she made, but it felt so redundant. ALSO, i feel like the real antagonists of this story were both Lynet and Mina’s fathers because, both of them, for entirely different reasons, were absolutely despicable.

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mattyb's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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greymalkin's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Delightful! One of the best Snow White retellings I've read. Starts with an interesting premise and carries through without losing sight of the elements and emotional undercurrents of the original fairytale. I particularly enjoyed the way it came together in the end. Some of the threads felt like they could have used a little tightening up, but they weren't terrible, just a little bit flat in comparison to the inspired parts of the others.

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wondermilk's review

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adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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ashbcgc's review

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emotional mysterious

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

4.0

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librariangeorgia's review

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adventurous emotional tense 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

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meagangrace's review

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dark emotional 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? N/A

3.0

I had a hard time getting into this book in the first half because of switching between different characters and different timelines. I don't think it would have been quite as bad if it had like 3-4 chapters with each character instead of 1-2. Then, the timelines finally caught up with each other and the thick of the plot was upon us. I really enjoyed the second half. Overall I think it was solid and would recommend to anyone who likes darker fairy tales and messy/complicated mother daughter relationships. One little random detail that I found odd about the book is how people keep holding other people's faces in like every slightly emotional scene. Maybe its one of those writer things where you overuse the same phrase or word too much.

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