Reviews

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

spyderqueen33's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

crow43's review

3.0

3.5/5

abumblebeee's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

kikala's review against another edition

5.0

Wow this book. Hard to read at times, but only because it was so raw and intense. I can't wait to read the next in the series.

fletcherrenn's review

3.0

i feel really bad about dnfing a book i have on my bookshelf but i have to accept that i will never finish those 80 pages i have left. i dont remember much of it anymore anyway and i wouldn't want to reread the stuff i read already cause broooo it made me so uncomfortable obviously cause uncomfortable scenes but AAAA i cannot. the sapphic lovestory is much appreciated and i love so i hope everything works out for them

eholleywood720's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

harleyrae's review

3.0

I can see why people really enjoyed this book. I have been back and forth on my thoughts of it. I really liked the beginning but wasn’t a fan once I hit the middle of the book. I also usually don’t like books following this type of topic so I’m not sure why I even picked this up in the first place. Overall wasn’t a bad book, it just wasn’t for me. I don’t plan on continuing on.

nilla_beanie19's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars. I think this was written really well. I enjoyed the story but I lost interest in many places but that could be due to a reading slump I was in while trying to read this. I am interested to see where the story goes next.

ej_dh's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

joanna1905's review

3.0

TW: Sexual Assault

10/01/23 - I’m bumping this down to a 3 stars because two years later and I don’t remember it very well so obviously it didn’t have a very lasting impression of me.

This was SUCH a great read, I'm hard-pressed to find anything about it I didn't like.

The plot and the world are so well developed, and the cultures feel so real and vibrant. I really loved the way sexual assault was depicted and examined particularly through the lens of a fantasy novel and related to being involuntary sex workers for royalty. It was handled sensitively and with the respect it deserved but it also didn't overwhelm the plot and make it constantly heavy.

The queer element was fantastic, and I really hope in future books we get more of this. I want to learn more about queer culture in this world and more about Wren in general. Plus of course more of our girls being in love with each other.

I think the ending was a tad predictable but that's not a bad thing, it was still very well executed and set up the next book well.

I did keep hoping through the whole book that her little dog survived but we never heard about him again :(

All in all, a great read and I'm very intrested to see how the story progresses!