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Arany enklávék by Naomi Novik

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brittbee07's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I did not enjoy this story as much as I enjoyed the first two in the series. I felt there was a wonderful plot, but the characters got a bit in the way. There were too many secondary players that never really felt necessary (outside of MacGuffin status). Ophelia seemed like a phoned-in villain that was far too easy to defeat and the "twist" with Orion felt forced.

I also didn't like that, even though there is a lot of work ahead of them, the story was neatly tied up without a lot of effort on the part of El. It just seemed too easy and fell into place too quickly. I appreciated there wasn't a big hoopla to get the other Enclaves to support her, but it felt like the elders of the enclaves were too willing to trust the kids who had just escaped the Scholomance instead of using their own thoughts and intuition.

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cillem's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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searchandrescueteam's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This is the final of the Scholomance trilogy and I read it in about two days (I was on leave!). I think if you have read the previous two books - your understanding of the Scholomance world is deeper, but it’s not essential to reading this book. Understanding the extremes of the Scholomance world certainly helps understanding of the characters’ motivations, actions and frustrations.
Again, the author works with the complexities of friendships, alliances, cliques, conspiracies. Another layer is added - as she walks through power (its use and abuse) and hierarchies. The impact of a single person, with and without the support of others (a few and many) gives the reader much to reflect on.
It’s not a gentle book, not a walk-in-the-park. But I was glad to read it.

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dejanira's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense 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

4.75

This book feels like putting together the missing pieces into a puzzle; it's a satisfying ending to a masterfully written series.
I have only one controversial take that cost the book the 0.25 star:

I decided that Orion Lake needed to die.

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katy_bee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-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

3.75

I've raced through this series, rather like a mawmouth. I've seen in other reviews that there are issues with the writing style- lots of telling rather than showing- and I agreed. The chosen one trope is very much present so if that's not your thing, beware. But I just really enjoyed them. I got swept up in the world and El's journey. The first half was definitely more page turning. Things slowed a little in the middle but I wanted to see what happened to the characters and have the mystery of the enclave attacks solved and it all came together very satisfyingly.

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