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Questland by Carrie Vaughn

jbergin's review

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

2.0

breading_books's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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? No

3.5

trinforeman's review

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4.0

Oh my goodness. This book was a fun ride. I'm not usually into silliness in my books but this just worked for me. I was expecting a romance but this was all about how someone's obsession can help them overcome trauma. The sheer nerdiness of this book had me giggling. The trauma had me connecting and the plot was hella fun. It does take a dark turn in the end but that just made me like the book even more. I do believe this book sets out to be fun, adventurous and a pretty good story. It is successful in each.

tessla's review

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

thormagnarok's review

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

2.75

listen I love the concept of this book, which is basically what if the dinosaurs from jurassic park were D&D as a concept instead. That's great! That's fun!! The execution was neither of those things. 

The characters were pretty unbearable overall, character development was negligible, and sometimes people just said weirdly out of place shit. This author writes millennials in true GenX fashion, with all the really deeply cringe fantasy references you'd expect and just general ineptitude that was not fun. Also I cannot explain how this book feels like an episode of Once Upon a Time the way the plot is contrived and the characters behave. That really is the closest comparison somehow. If you liked OUAT (like season 4 OUAT too) maybe you'll like this like I did, which is to say, begrudgingly because I rewrote it in my head. 

This book needed a better editor or honestly just a better author. I want this premise done better. 

dbence's review against another edition

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

4.0

bookswithbrandywine's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective

5.0

larkken's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

aleighc's review against another edition

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

2.0

sabrinahughes's review against another edition

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3.0

The everything-ness of the pop culture references was tiresome after a while and I was thoroughly uninterested in meeting the ex-boyfriend. Maybe it would have been improved with tighter editing. It was ok I guess.