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Goldenhand by Garth Nix

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finestgreen's review against another edition

2.0

Meh.

"Okay, now the plot's going to start... hm, no. Okay, maybe now... no." -- me, for the first 80% of the book before realising that no, this *was* the closest thing to a plot we're going to get.

At first I thought the lazy, clumsy, repetitive callbacks to previous books throughout were just a heavy-handed way of making sure you remembered what happened, but eventually I realised they're there to trigger enough nostalgia that fans don't notice this is the book equivalent of empty calories.

Read it for completeness if you're a big fan of the series, but don't expect much.

cactusbby's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

skeleton_ashleigh's review against another edition

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4.5

Loved it ❤️❤️❤️❤️

jasonlaw77's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

raidingbookshelves's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

applegnreads's review against another edition

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4.0

For pacing issues, see other reviews, it was definitely odd pacing. Fairly predictable? Yup. Still, interesting things wrapped up, new things introduced. We can have more of this.