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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
Huge body count
A cracking tale of revenge (by a magician). Some good characters and interesting story with some twists here and there. A bit far-fetched at times but then again it is about a psychotic magic guy. I got half way through and thought everything had happened and wondered what would happen next - then I had another 50% of action. Enjoyable read.
A cracking tale of revenge (by a magician). Some good characters and interesting story with some twists here and there. A bit far-fetched at times but then again it is about a psychotic magic guy. I got half way through and thought everything had happened and wondered what would happen next - then I had another 50% of action. Enjoyable read.
Exceptional little book about a killer magician, fun time and I liked most of the characters involved. Lot of fun and for my first Matt Drabble book, quite a read!
(Yet another review I’m doing much later)
Not a fan of the ending. A LOT of grammatical issues
Oh yeah
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,’’’”” here, I think you dropped these
I know it’s not supposed to be a completely believable story, but come on. And SOO many “well in the REAL world x doesn’t happen,” the NLOG of books. Despite that, there were moments where I found it difficult to put the book down. Unfortunately it wasn’t most of the book. Actually around 30-36% I thought kindle super messed up my page count bc it seemed like everything was about to wrap up, and then got dull for a while, and eventually picked up again towards the end (with another dull and exciting and then eye rolling)
Not a fan of the ending. A LOT of grammatical issues
Oh yeah
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,’’’”” here, I think you dropped these
I know it’s not supposed to be a completely believable story, but come on. And SOO many “well in the REAL world x doesn’t happen,” the NLOG of books. Despite that, there were moments where I found it difficult to put the book down. Unfortunately it wasn’t most of the book. Actually around 30-36% I thought kindle super messed up my page count bc it seemed like everything was about to wrap up, and then got dull for a while, and eventually picked up again towards the end (with another dull and exciting and then eye rolling)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
WOOOOOW, this book was a wild ride that I absolutely loved! Straight away I was hooked into this book, and I could not put it down.
Everything about this book from the premise, to the characters, to the writing, to the actual plot itself and the chapters I thoroughly enjoyed, although there were a couple of little niggles, hence my 4 star rating.
When you first start reading we are introduced to our characters 24 years ago, which is great as we got to see the full background of the story through their own eyes. These first few pages absolutely packed a punch and set up for what would become a truly brilliant and clever book.
Character wise, we stick with the same handful throughout the whole story, and while they weren't the most inventive characters and they retained a lot of their childhood traits they were certainly likable enough.
One thing I did enjoy is how they all seemed to slip back into those childhood roles once they got back together, it cleverly set up for a lot of the later story.
The book itself was written in 3rd person, which I enjoyed as it meant we got a chance to see Great Cosmos X from various points of view, and how he was perceived by each character.
While at points it was a predictable and slightly sloppy story, the introduction of the "magic tricks" used by Great Cosmos X within his wicked games were an original and clever twist on the story.
It did get better though and from about 77% through I literally could not stop reading, it took a complete twist that I wasn't expecting and completely turned the book on it's head - I could not put the book down, I needed to know what was going on!
On the whole, Abra-Cadaver was a really good book, I thoroughly enjoyed it and while some aspects were predictable or sloppy, others were completely original and brought something new to the story.
Everything about this book from the premise, to the characters, to the writing, to the actual plot itself and the chapters I thoroughly enjoyed, although there were a couple of little niggles, hence my 4 star rating.
When you first start reading we are introduced to our characters 24 years ago, which is great as we got to see the full background of the story through their own eyes. These first few pages absolutely packed a punch and set up for what would become a truly brilliant and clever book.
Character wise, we stick with the same handful throughout the whole story, and while they weren't the most inventive characters and they retained a lot of their childhood traits they were certainly likable enough.
One thing I did enjoy is how they all seemed to slip back into those childhood roles once they got back together, it cleverly set up for a lot of the later story.
The book itself was written in 3rd person, which I enjoyed as it meant we got a chance to see Great Cosmos X from various points of view, and how he was perceived by each character.
While at points it was a predictable and slightly sloppy story, the introduction of the "magic tricks" used by Great Cosmos X within his wicked games were an original and clever twist on the story.
It did get better though and from about 77% through I literally could not stop reading, it took a complete twist that I wasn't expecting and completely turned the book on it's head - I could not put the book down, I needed to know what was going on!
On the whole, Abra-Cadaver was a really good book, I thoroughly enjoyed it and while some aspects were predictable or sloppy, others were completely original and brought something new to the story.