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Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

14 reviews

daralexandria's review against another edition

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

5.0

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hailey_alexis's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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sstewart89's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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ayyygee122's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I felt a real jolt and charge from the book’s concepts, throughlines, and themes, but occasionally felt a little off-kilter by how it would get where it was going. Overall a decent read and outside my usual oeuvre. 
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arose18's review against another edition

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

3.0

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krys_kilz's review against another edition

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

3.0

This novel was more of a slow burn, so it took me a while to be drawn in. The characters were satisfyingly complicated and messy and the heavy themes were handled well. I also appreciated that Saskia was allowed to break out of the box of "good survivor."

There was just something that didn't quite work for me... maybe the heavy handed writing style and a lot of suspended disbelief required from the reader? Something just didn't quite come together for me leaving the story a bit flat. I liked Kapelke-Dale's other novel, The Ballerinas, better.

Please be mindful of the trigger warnings before reading this book!

"When bad shit happens, it doesn't automatically make you stronger. You don't come out of it with superpowers. You might just come out - broken."
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cassiebartelme's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This book is a slow burn so if you want a quick story this isn’t for you. This also has a protagonist who will be off putting to some people but I liked her. She was complicated and messy with her choices and relationships but that’s what made her an interesting character…I prefer my characters gritty around the edges. 

Bonus points for the “Fairy Tales for Little Feminists” blurbs that start off each chapter. It should be no surprise that I also loved all those sassy little princesses. 
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lit_with_lauren's review against another edition

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

3.5

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amandalorianxo's review against another edition

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

3.5

This is my second book by the author and I appreciated the fact that this is faster in pace & the flashbacks were done well. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Saskia, our female MC but that may have been intentional? Either way the way the abuse was revealed was sad and she didn’t deserve that. Yet, the author highlights what happens when children aren’t always watched over or children think they need to grow up when they don’t need too. It definitely was 100% not her fault though. The ending felt a little too wrapped up to me but otherwise a decent book. 
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mysterymom40's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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