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isabelleverdino's Reviews (367)

Divine Rivals

DID NOT FINISH: 42%

I just could not get into it. By 150 pages I figured I would be flying through it but the story felt pretty halting. Every time it hit a groove something interrupted the plot and I lost it.

DallerGut Dream Department Store

Miye Lee

3.5

adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Bookshops & Bonedust

Travis Baldree

5.0

adventurous lighthearted 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: Yes

See you in the story past the story.

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

Becky Chambers

4.5

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane

Julia Nobel

2.5

Nine Liars

Maureen Johnson

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Where’s my CLOSURE. I wanted time to come down from solving the mystery and didn’t get it. Obviously Stevie will be back for book 6 but that doesn’t make me happy now.

The Library of the Dead

T.L. Huchu

3.5

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Complicated

The Hollow Places

T. Kingfisher

5.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I love T. Kingfisher.

I didn’t realize Alexis Hall was a guy until reading this book. Because while it was advertised as a sapphic period piece, what I managed to read was maybe 12% sapphic and 88% a man (fae/shakespeare character) making it about him…

Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 12

Kamome Shirahama

4.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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