Reviews

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

kirstiiin_89's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

alli_thebookgiraffe's review

5.0

I ended up loving this book. I am surprised the author managed to fit so much in 330 pages. I still wish it were longer because I would have like to see more of the character relationships. However, this was a constantly moving plot and I couldn't put it down. I loved that I never knew who to trust, including the MC. It kept me on my toes. I found some of the plot predictable but never the characters.

watleestjorien's review

5.0

Nieuwe favoriet

ellymaiko1's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

joannebyrne's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

barnesm31's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Brilliant stuff Kirus reviews described it "the narrative’s strengths lie in an intricate and unpredictable plot that resists easy tropes and textured and evocative worldbuilding. All characters are Persian. An alluring feminist fairy tale. (author’s note, further reading)" and I have to agree. 

wigggleworm's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

4.0

issianne's review

2.0

Sadly, this book was a bit of a disappointment for me. I was so intrigued by the idea of our main character being poisonous to others and how she interacts with the world with that, but it wasn't really that at all. The plot changes about a third of the way through the book, and everything up until then is incredibly rushed. I kept getting feelings that it was going in a retelling of an old legend, which I would've loved, but then it ended up feeling jumbled in itself--possibly with trying to keep up with the fairytales it was trying to emulate. I wanted to love the romance (romance(s) I guess?) but I felt like it was also rushed and that it was incredibly sudden.

jenhurst's review

2.0

I love the idea of a girl that who’s deadly to touch but I just found the book as a whole, a very generic YA fantasy

deckeramm's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5