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Well that was disappointing. But at least now I don't have to deal with the consequences of starting yet another series and having to wait for sequels... Faizal tried so hard to give us an FMC like Kaz Brekker. But this whole story just felt like a rip off of Six of Crows, done significantly worse.  The plot, the heist, the characters, were all just poor mimicries of my favorite crows.
Arthie didn't do a single thing to convince me she was a badass or morally gray. Kaz has the iconic line “When everyone knows you're a monster, you needn't waste time doing every monstrous thing.”-- this is why Leigh Bardugo was able to create such a perfect character, because she showed us enough that the reader knew as well as the side characters that he was capable of monstrous things. I didn't believe Arthie had that, so all her idle threats were just talk. And when your main character loses her bite, there's not much left.

I really wasn't a fan of this one. It was just really gorey without any suspense. There weren't any twists. The commentary on family and belonging was lacking. Not for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free eARC in exchange for an honest review!

I'm glad that I read this because I enjoyed the writing and I feel like it's become a bit of a modern classic. The plot itself was a bit disappointing though (because there wasn't much of it) and I see what Sebold was trying to do with the ending, but I still think it's a bit weak.
My copy of this book was purchased used. I'm including this note because of the controversy surrounding Sebold. While I wasn't aware of that at the time of purchasing, I'm glad she won't be getting a cent from me.

I suspect Elin Hilderbrand just isn't the author for me and that's 100% okay. I picked this up from a free little library a couple years ago and it's time I set it free again.

I'm actually angry that I've never heard of Elizabeth before. Kate Moore's writing is phenomenal and she's now an auto-buy author for me. Keep these stories coming, Kate, because there are so many badass women that have been buried under mediocre men in our history.

I wanted to like this so bad but the writing just felt juvenile. There were some great concepts that were poorly executed and there wasn't any subtlety to the themes. I also think it's odd to have so many short stories that are between 1-10 pages and then end with a 60 page long, multi-chapter story (which was very predictable and my least favorite of the collection). I think this writer may still be finding her footing so while I'm curious to see what she does in the future, this one wasn't for me.

I'm tentatively rating this 3.5 but I'll need to sit with it a bit longer. This was very well written but also fairly dense and not a writing style that I'm accustomed to. I had a vague concept of the storyline going in, which held up to what I expected. I did not expect the rampant misogyny, and that's harder to ignore in such a short novel. I understand this book was written in the 50s and is thus a product of its time, but that nonetheless took away from how much I can hold this book in esteem. (I wanted to say how much I enjoyed it-- but this is not a book that you enjoy.) With all of that considered, I did find a great deal of value in the prose, and I wish the story were longer to really flesh out the relationships.
I really don't know where I am with this one. But it is worth a read.

The first time I opened this I immediately closed it because I knew I'd devour it. And I was right! I basically read this entire thing in one sitting today, no pauses. It's a very sweet and frustrating novel. I think I would've liked for the anguish and emotional aspects to be pushed further, potentially a longer novel, but this was a great time and I'd recommend it.

I am bored and the Dragon is abusive.

This has been my least favorite of Hazelwood's. I usually don't mind the predictable plots (predictable because they are all identical) but I couldn't do it with this one. Bee was too cringe with all of the puns, and the "twists" weren't even fun to look forward to because they were so obvious and I just wanted to get to the point already. I didn't feel the chemistry and just wasn't into this one.